Old World Flycatchers in Greece
Our list for Greece has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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
- 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