Old World Flycatchers in Russia
Our list for Russia has 13 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 12 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantRare21–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
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
- Red-flanked Bluetail 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Black 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