bird grasshopper
English
Schistocerca flavofasciata, a species of bird grasshopper.
Etymology
From bird + grasshopper. They are called as such due to the size of these species, which, when flying, could be mistaken for a bird.
Noun
bird grasshopper (plural bird grasshoppers)
- Any large grasshopper or locust in the genus Schistocerca.
Hyponyms
- American grasshopper, American bird grasshopper (Schistocerca americana)
- birdwing grasshopper (Schistocerca lineata)
- Carolina locust (Schistocerca damnifica)
- Central American locust (Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons)
- desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)
- gray bird grasshopper, grey bird grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)
- green bird grasshopper, green valley grasshopper (Schistocerca shoshone)
- large painted locust (Schistocerca melanocera)
- leather-colored bird grasshopper (Schistocerca alutacea)
- mischievous bird grasshopper (Schistocerca damnifica)
- obscure bird grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
- Peruvian locust (Schistocerca piceifrons peruviana)
- rosemary grasshopper (Schistocerca ceratiola)
- rusty bird grasshopper (Schistocerca rubiginosa)
- spotted bird grasshopper (Schistocerca lineata)
- vagrant grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)
- white-lined bird grasshopper (Schistocerca albolineata)
References
- “bird grasshopper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
bird grasshopper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Schistocerca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Schistocerca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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