Old World Flycatchers in Highland
Our list for Highland has 8 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 summer visitors and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Highland 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 oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
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