White-Faced Bush-Cricket

White-Faced Bush-Cricket

Decticus albifrons

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Madrid

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

45 Verified sightings at Madrid
44 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the White-Faced Bush-Cricket

Decticus albifrons, the southern wartbiter, is a species of katydid in the subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found in Southern Europe Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
2 Camargue 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yerevan 🇦🇲 Armenia
~20%
2 Bucharest 🇷🇴 Romania
~10%
3 Istanbul 🇹🇷 Turkey
~10%
4 Turin 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
5 Athens 🇬🇷 Greece
~10%
6 Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
7 Milan 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
8 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a White-Faced Bush-Cricket in Madrid?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Faced Bush-Cricket sighting in Madrid on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 108th most-seen of the 457 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a White-Faced Bush-Cricket in Madrid?

July

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-Faced Bush-Cricket in Madrid on a given day, against under 5% in August to March, the lowest months. That is one of Madrid's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 65 mm in October.

What time of day is best to see a White-Faced Bush-Cricket?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-Faced Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Madrid the best place to see a White-Faced Bush-Cricket?

6th of 8

Of the 8 cities where we can rate White-Faced Bush-Cricket sightings, Madrid ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Yerevan (Armenia, about 20%), Bucharest (Romania, about 10%) and Istanbul (Turkey, about 10%).

Which relatives of the White-Faced Bush-Cricket live in Madrid?

Same family: Tettigoniidae

The closest relatives of the White-Faced Bush-Cricket that you can see in Madrid (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 10%) and Brown-Spotted Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the White-Faced Bush-Cricket sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the White-Faced Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Madrid (45 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.

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