Old World Flycatchers in Pakistan
Our list for Pakistan has 7 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisScarceRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Bluethroat 13–14 cm
- Plumbeous Water-redstart 12–15 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Indian Robin 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