Black-bellied plover

The FAA database contains 296 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Black-bellied plover across 73 airports; damage was indicated in 4.1% and engine ingestion in 3.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2961990–export

Airports represented73distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated4.1%of filed reports

Engine ingestion3.0%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports12FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight9effect supplied

Reported cost$276Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Black-bellied plover: 2016–2025 reporting record

Black-bellied plover has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 156 filed reports in the annual series.

20169 · 0.0% damage

201710 · 0.0% damage

20189 · 11.1% damage

20199 · 0.0% damage

202014 · 0.0% damage

202120 · 0.0% damage

202216 · 0.0% damage

202322 · 0.0% damage

202426 · 3.8% damage

202521 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Black-bellied plover: 2021–2025 by month

Black-bellied plover appears in 105 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb6

Mar5

Apr4

May8

Jun0

Jul1

Aug6

Sep22

Oct24

Nov14

Dec13

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Black-bellied plover: published airport records

Black-bellied plover has 8 published airport combinations representing 186 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt54 reports · 3.7% damage KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt38 reports · 2.6% damage KSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt28 reports · 0.0% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl19 reports · 0.0% damage KTPATampa Intl15 reports · 6.7% damage KLAXLos Angeles Intl12 reports · 16.7% damage KDABDaytona Beach Intl10 reports · 10.0% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt10 reports · 20.0% damage