Old World Flycatchers in Taiwan
Our list for Taiwan has 6 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Taiwan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Plumbeous Water-redstart 12–15 cm
- Red-flanked Bluetail 13–14 cm
- Bluethroat 13–14 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- White-tailed Robin 16–18 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