Old World Flycatchers in Nigeria
Our list for Nigeria has 6 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nigeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosScarceUncommon15–17 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- European Pied Flycatcher 12–14 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- Nightingale 15–17 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