Old World Flycatchers in Turkey
Our list for Turkey has 13 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct
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
- Red-flanked Bluetail 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