What are the chances of seeing a Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 49 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 597 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.
When is the best time to see a Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
September and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to April, the lowest months.
What time of day is best to see a Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket?
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Where else can you see a Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket?
Only Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, in our data
Sierra de Guadarrama National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Which relatives of the Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket live in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
Same family: Tettigoniidae
The closest relatives of the Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Tettigoniidae, Katydids) are Lluciapomaresius stalii (about 20%), Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 10%) and Pycnogaster jugicola (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
Where does the Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket sighting chance come from?
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Portuguese Mountain Bush-Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (49 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.
