Cyrtacanthacris tatarica
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Cyrtacanthacris tatarica, the brown-spotted locust, is a species of bird grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in the Afrotropics and Indomalaya. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Coimbatore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Dhaka | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 5 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India |
No species of the same family or order lives in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown‐spotted Locust sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 10 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown‐spotted Locust in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in May, August and October–January, the lowest months. That is one of Ngorongoro Conservation Area's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 190 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown‐spotted Locust sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Brown‐spotted Locust sightings, Ngorongoro Conservation Area ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown‐spotted Locust is recorded against all the insects logged in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (8 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.
