Old World Flycatchers in Aberdeen
Our list for Aberdeen has 8 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Aberdeen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jan
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataScarceUncommon14–16 cm
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusScarceUncommon13–15 cm
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosScarceRare13–15 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
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 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