Old World Flycatchers in Jordan
Our list for Jordan has 13 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 6 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr
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
- 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