Boat-tailed grackle

The FAA database contains 122 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Boat-tailed grackle across 18 airports; damage was indicated in 0.8% and engine ingestion in 4.1%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1221990–export

Airports represented18distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated0.8%of filed reports

Engine ingestion4.1%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports1FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight3effect supplied

Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Boat-tailed grackle: 2016–2025 reporting record

Boat-tailed grackle has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 82 filed reports in the annual series.

20161 · 0.0% damage

20175 · 0.0% damage

20185 · 0.0% damage

20198 · 0.0% damage

20204 · 0.0% damage

202112 · 0.0% damage

202213 · 0.0% damage

20239 · 0.0% damage

202410 · 0.0% damage

202515 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Boat-tailed grackle: 2021–2025 by month

Boat-tailed grackle appears in 59 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb1

Mar4

Apr0

May15

Jun17

Jul11

Aug5

Sep5

Oct0

Nov0

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Boat-tailed grackle: published airport records

Boat-tailed grackle has 2 published airport combinations representing 80 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl55 reports · 0.0% damage KMIAMiami Intl25 reports · 4.0% damage