Old World Flycatchers in United Arab Emirates
Our list for United Arab Emirates has 12 old world flycatchers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 4 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Arab Emirates in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Stonechat 12–13 cm
- Whinchat 12–14 cm
- European Robin 13–14 cm
- Bluethroat 13–14 cm
- Common Redstart 13–15 cm
- Black Redstart 13–15 cm
- Spotted Flycatcher 14–16 cm
- Wheatear 15–16 cm
- Nightingale 15–17 cm
- Hooded Wheatear 16–18 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