AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Yellow-crowned night heron reports at KPIE
The FAA database contains 9 filed reports pairing St. Pete-Clearwater Intl Arpt (KPIE) with Yellow-crowned night heron; damage was indicated in 0.0% and engine ingestion in 11.1%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports91990–export
Damage indicated00.0% of reports
Engine ingestion111.1% of reports
Latest report2025-09-06in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Yellow-crowned night heron reports at KPIE: 9 paired reports in the FAA file
Yellow-crowned night heron reports at KPIE contains 9 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.