Old World Flycatchers in Iran
Our list for Iran has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors and 4 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Iran in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 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