Old World Flycatchers in Estonia
Our list for Estonia has 8 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 7 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Estonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, 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
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