AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Eastern meadowlark reports at KBNA
The FAA database contains 246 filed reports pairing Nashville Intl (KBNA) with Eastern meadowlark; damage was indicated in 0.4% and engine ingestion in 1.2%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports2461990–export
Damage indicated10.4% of reports
Engine ingestion31.2% of reports
Latest report2026-07-18in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Eastern meadowlark reports at KBNA: 246 paired reports in the FAA file
Eastern meadowlark reports at KBNA contains 246 filed reports; 1 indicate damage and 3 record engine ingestion, while the national Eastern meadowlark parent contains 5,317 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.