AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Yellow-crowned night heron reports at KDFW
The FAA database contains 10 filed reports pairing Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt (KDFW) with Yellow-crowned night heron; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 10.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports101990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion110.0% of reports
Latest report2026-06-15in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Yellow-crowned night heron reports at KDFW: 10 paired reports in the FAA file
Yellow-crowned night heron reports at KDFW contains 10 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Yellow-crowned night heron parent contains 171 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.