AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Yellow-billed cuckoo reports at KATL
The FAA database contains 13 filed reports pairing Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt (KATL) with Yellow-billed cuckoo; damage was indicated in 15.4% and engine ingestion in 7.7%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports131990–export
Damage indicated215.4% of reports
Engine ingestion17.7% of reports
Latest report2025-10-16in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Yellow-billed cuckoo reports at KATL: 13 paired reports in the FAA file
Yellow-billed cuckoo reports at KATL contains 13 filed reports; 2 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Yellow-billed cuckoo parent contains 92 reports.
WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE
FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.