Old World Flycatchers in Kazakhstan
Our list for Kazakhstan has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kazakhstan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Bluethroat 13–14 cm
- Red-flanked Bluetail 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
- 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