Old World Flycatchers in France
Our list for France has 13 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 7 summer visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in France in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusScarceRare13–14 cm
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
- Red-flanked Bluetail 13–14 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- Nightingale 15–17 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