Old World Flycatchers in Denmark
Our list for Denmark has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 7 summer visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Denmark in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made