American bird grasshopper (Schistocerca americana)

Schistocerca americana
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe:	Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus:	Schistocerca
Scientific name
Schistocerca americana (Drury, 1773)
Geography
Native countries:
Mexico United States

The American bird grasshopper (Schistocerca americana) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (migratory bird locusts).

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Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceSchistocerca americana

Habitat

Arbicole, Herbicole

Activity

Diurnal

Sound

Silent

Flight

Strong flier

Photos of this species

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Associated organizations

Organization name	Acronym	Website	Type	Focus	Focus keywords	Geographic purview
Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute	BPRI	View	Other	Research, Education	Phenotypic plasticity, Phase polyphenism	United States, Mexico
Global Locust Initiative	GLI	View	University	Research, Education, Information Hub	Sustainable development, Ecology, Nutrition, Social science, Natural sciences, Agriculture, Agroecology, Biology, Behavior, Biological control, Climate change, Education, Sustainability science, Geometric framework, Grazing, Governance, Food security, Arts and humanities, Land use management, Landscape ecology, Locusts, Migration, Phase polyphenism, Phenotypic plasticity, Soil science	United States, Senegal, Australia, China, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mali

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Selim Peabody — 6 specimens collected
• Stephen Shepherd — 6 specimens collected
• William Kuhn — 5 specimens collected

• cassi saari — 4 specimens collected
• Herbert Holdsworth Ross — 3 specimens collected
• Dmitry Kutcherov — 3 specimens collected
• Patrick Coin — 3 specimens collected
• Michael J. W. Carr — 3 specimens collected
• Matthew Parr — 3 specimens collected
• John Abrams — 3 specimens collected
• Austin Kelly — 3 specimens collected
• Abbott William Nason — 2 specimens collected
• Theodore Henry Frison — 2 specimens collected
• Charles Hart — 2 specimens collected
• Kyle Van Houtan — 2 specimens collected
• Ryan McMinds — 2 specimens collected
• Colton Meinecke — 2 specimens collected
• Zackary Graham — 2 specimens collected
• Carlos Gerardo Velazco-Macías — 2 specimens collected
• Graham Montgomery — 2 specimens collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tyler Grant — 11 specimens identified
• Stephen Shepherd — 6 specimens identified
• William Kuhn — 5 specimens identified

• John Friel — 3 specimens identified
• Dmitry Kutcherov — 3 specimens identified
• Patrick Coin — 3 specimens identified
• Michael J. W. Carr — 3 specimens identified
• Austin Kelly — 3 specimens identified
• Kyle Van Houtan — 2 specimens identified
• Colton Meinecke — 2 specimens identified
• Zackary Graham — 2 specimens identified
• Graham Montgomery — 2 specimens identified
• John Abrams — 2 specimens identified
• Thomas McElrath — 2 specimens identified
• Andrew Cannizzaro — 2 specimens identified
• Ryan McMinds — 1 specimen identified
• Claire Ciafré — 1 specimen identified
• Kent McFarland — 1 specimen identified
• Delano Lewis — 1 specimen identified
• Yianni Patrikios Laskaris — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Biota Information System of New MexicoBOLD SystemsBugGuideCatalogue of LifeCONABIOEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)iNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerNCBI taxonomyOBISOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)TAXREFUMLS CUIXeno-canto