Old World Flycatchers in Romania
Our list for Romania 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 Romania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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
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