Old World Flycatchers in Italy
Our list for Italy has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 7 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Italy 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
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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