Old World Flycatchers in Germany
Our list for Germany has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 9 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Germany in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct
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