Old World Flycatchers in Serbia
Our list for Serbia has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Serbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusScarceRare21–23 cm
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