Old World Flycatchers in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 8 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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