AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Ring-billed gull reports at KBUF
The FAA database contains 58 filed reports pairing Buffalo-Niagara Intl (KBUF) with Ring-billed gull; damage was indicated in 6.9% and engine ingestion in 10.3%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports581990–export
Damage indicated46.9% of reports
Engine ingestion610.3% of reports
Latest report2026-07-09in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Ring-billed gull reports at KBUF: 58 paired reports in the FAA file
Ring-billed gull reports at KBUF contains 58 filed reports; 4 indicate damage and 6 record engine ingestion, while the national Ring-billed gull parent contains 2,496 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.