Old World Flycatchers in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
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
- 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