Old World Flycatchers in Qatar
Our list for Qatar has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Qatar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaScarceUncommon13–14 cm
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