Band-tailed pigeon

The FAA database contains 34 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Band-tailed pigeon across 12 airports; damage was indicated in 14.7% and engine ingestion in 11.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026

Filed reports341990–export

Airports represented12distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated14.7%of filed reports

Engine ingestion11.8%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports5FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$105Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Band-tailed pigeon: 2016–2025 reporting record

Band-tailed pigeon has 7 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 17 filed reports in the annual series.

20161 · 0.0% damage

20182 · 0.0% damage

20191 · 0.0% damage

20222 · 0.0% damage

20234 · 0.0% damage

20242 · 50.0% damage

20255 · 20.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Band-tailed pigeon: 2021–2025 by month

Band-tailed pigeon appears in 13 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb0

Mar0

Apr3

May1

Jun0

Jul0

Aug0

Sep0

Oct2

Nov5

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Band-tailed pigeon: published airport records

Band-tailed pigeon has 2 published airport combinations representing 16 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt8 reports · 12.5% damage KSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt8 reports · 12.5% damage