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title: "American Bird Grasshopper"
description: "Schistocerca americana — Insects & spiders. Schistocerca americana is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae known commonly as the American grasshopper and American bird grasshopper."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/american-bird-grasshopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# American Bird Grasshopper

> Schistocerca americana — Insects & spiders. Schistocerca americana is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae known commonly as the American grasshopper and American bird grasshopper.

- Scientific name: *Schistocerca americana*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 19281
- Wikidata: [Q10287974](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10287974)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69736](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69736)

## Names

- en: American Bird Grasshopper
- fr: Criquet américain
- pt: Gafanhoto-sul-americano

## Countries with the most observations

US (17431), MX (12)

## Summary

Schistocerca americana is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae known commonly as the American grasshopper and American bird grasshopper. It is native to North America, where it occurs in the eastern United States, Mexico, and the Bahamas. Occasional, localized outbreaks of this grasshopper occur, and it is often referred to as a locust, though it lacks the true swarming form of its congener, the desert locust (S. gregaria).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistocerca_americana

## Photo

![American Bird Grasshopper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-bird-grasshopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Austin Pursley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40279607

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-bird-grasshopper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).