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Bird Grasshoppers
Schistocerca
Schistocerca is a genus of grasshoppers, commonly called bird grasshoppers, many of which swarm as locusts. The best known species is probably the desert locust (S. gregaria), and trans-Atlantic flight may explain the biogeography of some locust species.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Schistocerca nitens
complexSchistocerca nitens
Schistocerca alutacea
complexSchistocerca alutacea
Schistocerca americana
complexSchistocerca americana
Mischievous Bird Grasshopper
speciesSchistocerca damnifica
Schistocerca flavofasciata
speciesSchistocerca flavofasciata
Desert Locust
speciesSchistocerca gregaria
Large Painted Locust
speciesSchistocerca melanocera
Schistocerca pallens
speciesSchistocerca pallens
South American Locust
speciesSchistocerca cancellata
Schistocerca camerata
speciesSchistocerca camerata
Schistocerca cohni
speciesSchistocerca cohni
Schistocerca impleta
speciesSchistocerca impleta
Small Painted Locust
speciesSchistocerca literosa
Peruvian Locust
speciesSchistocerca interrita
Schistocerca subspurcata
speciesSchistocerca subspurcata
Schistocerca quisqueya
speciesSchistocerca quisqueya
Schistocerca brevis
speciesSchistocerca brevis
Schistocerca beckeri
speciesSchistocerca beckeri
Schistocerca bivittata
speciesSchistocerca bivittata
Schistocerca braziliensis
speciesSchistocerca braziliensis
Schistocerca carneipes
speciesSchistocerca carneipes
Schistocerca diversipes
speciesSchistocerca diversipes
Schistocerca magnifica
speciesSchistocerca magnifica
Schistocerca matogrosso
speciesSchistocerca matogrosso
Schistocerca orinoco
speciesSchistocerca orinoco
Schistocerca philippina
speciesSchistocerca philippina
Schistocerca socorro
speciesSchistocerca socorro
Schistocerca gorgona
speciesSchistocerca gorgona
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52159.