Old World Flycatchers in Morocco
Our list for Morocco has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Morocco in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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