Black-crowned night heron

The FAA database contains 176 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Black-crowned night heron across 42 airports; damage was indicated in 5.7% and engine ingestion in 4.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1761990–export

Airports represented42distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated5.7%of filed reports

Engine ingestion4.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports10FAA report field

Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level

Effect on flight5effect supplied

Reported cost$484Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Black-crowned night heron: 2016–2025 reporting record

Black-crowned night heron has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 81 filed reports in the annual series.

201610 · 0.0% damage

20179 · 0.0% damage

20186 · 0.0% damage

20198 · 0.0% damage

20205 · 0.0% damage

20214 · 0.0% damage

202210 · 10.0% damage

202312 · 0.0% damage

202414 · 0.0% damage

20253 · 33.3% damage

03 / SEASON

Black-crowned night heron: 2021–2025 by month

Black-crowned night heron appears in 43 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan2

Feb0

Mar2

Apr0

May6

Jun7

Jul10

Aug6

Sep3

Oct6

Nov0

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Black-crowned night heron: published airport records

Black-crowned night heron has 6 published airport combinations representing 111 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl39 reports · 0.0% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt30 reports · 0.0% damage KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl12 reports · 8.3% damage KLAXLos Angeles Intl11 reports · 9.1% damage KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt11 reports · 9.1% damage PHNLDaniel K. Inouye International Airport8 reports · 12.5% damage