Burrowing owl

The FAA database contains 533 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Burrowing owl across 67 airports; damage was indicated in 0.9% and engine ingestion in 1.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports5331990–export

Airports represented67distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated0.9%of filed reports

Engine ingestion1.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports5FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight6effect supplied

Reported cost$1.3Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Burrowing owl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Burrowing owl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 325 filed reports in the annual series.

201631 · 3.2% damage

201729 · 0.0% damage

201832 · 0.0% damage

201930 · 0.0% damage

202031 · 0.0% damage

202126 · 3.8% damage

202227 · 0.0% damage

202336 · 0.0% damage

202447 · 0.0% damage

202536 · 2.8% damage

03 / SEASON

Burrowing owl: 2021–2025 by month

Burrowing owl appears in 172 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan6

Feb2

Mar2

Apr9

May15

Jun29

Jul32

Aug35

Sep14

Oct9

Nov12

Dec7

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Burrowing owl: published airport records

Burrowing owl has 16 published airport combinations representing 421 filed reports that met the publication threshold.