AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Boat-tailed grackle reports at KFLL
The FAA database contains 55 filed reports pairing Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl (KFLL) with Boat-tailed grackle; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 1.8%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports551990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion11.8% of reports
Latest report2026-07-05in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Boat-tailed grackle reports at KFLL: 55 paired reports in the FAA file
Boat-tailed grackle reports at KFLL contains 55 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Boat-tailed grackle parent contains 122 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.