Old World Flycatchers in Saudi Arabia
Our list for Saudi Arabia has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 6 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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