AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Western cattle egret reports at KPIE
The FAA database contains 50 filed reports pairing St. Pete-Clearwater Intl Arpt (KPIE) with Western cattle egret; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 4.0%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports501990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion24.0% of reports
Latest report2026-06-09in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Western cattle egret reports at KPIE: 50 paired reports in the FAA file
Western cattle egret reports at KPIE contains 50 filed reports; 0 indicate damage and 2 record engine ingestion, while the national Western cattle egret parent contains 1,175 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.