Old World Flycatchers in Scotland
Our list for Scotland has 11 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Scotland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May
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