Old World Flycatchers in Slovenia
Our list for Slovenia has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 8 summer visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Slovenia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
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