Old World Flycatchers in Nepal
Our list for Nepal has 6 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nepal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Plumbeous Water-redstart 12–15 cm
- Bluethroat 13–14 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Indian Robin 15–17 cm
- White-tailed Robin 16–18 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