Schistocerca serialis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cuban Bird Grasshopper sighting in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 189 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cuban Bird Grasshopper in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month. That is one of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against 50 mm in March.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cuban Bird Grasshopper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Cuban Bird Grasshopper sightings, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Everglades National Park (United States, about 20%) and Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 10%).
Same genus: Schistocerca
The closest relatives of the Cuban Bird Grasshopper that you can see in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (genus Schistocerca, Bird Grasshoppers) are American Bird Grasshopper (about 10%) and Obscure Bird Grasshopper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cuban Bird Grasshopper is recorded against all the insects logged in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (19 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
