Old World Flycatchers in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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