Old World Flycatchers in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 6 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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