Schistocerca flavofasciata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Schistocerca flavofasciata is a species of bird grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Schistocerca flavofasciata sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 269 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 558 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Schistocerca flavofasciata in Buenos Aires on a given day, against about 10% in May–September and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Schistocerca flavofasciata sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Schistocerca flavofasciata sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, about 20%), Recife (Brazil, about 20%) and João Pessoa (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Acrididae
The closest relatives of the Schistocerca flavofasciata that you can see in Buenos Aires (family Acrididae, Short-horned Grasshoppers) are Ronderosia bergii (about 10%), Amblytropidia australis (about 10%) and Orphulella punctata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Schistocerca flavofasciata is recorded against all the insects logged in Buenos Aires (269 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
