Old World Flycatchers in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 13 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 5 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Bluethroat 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- Nightingale 15–17 cm
- Hooded Wheatear 16–18 cm
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush 16–19 cm
- Blue Rock-thrush 21–23 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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