Double-crested cormorant

The FAA database contains 257 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Double-crested cormorant across 72 airports; damage was indicated in 26.1% and engine ingestion in 12.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2571990–export

Airports represented72distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated26.1%of filed reports

Engine ingestion12.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports67FAA report field

Serious / destroyed20FAA S or D level

Effect on flight44effect supplied

Reported cost$8.5Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Double-crested cormorant: 2016–2025 reporting record

Double-crested cormorant has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 132 filed reports in the annual series.

201613 · 15.4% damage

201710 · 50.0% damage

201816 · 12.5% damage

201913 · 15.4% damage

20208 · 12.5% damage

202117 · 23.5% damage

202210 · 40.0% damage

202317 · 29.4% damage

202411 · 18.2% damage

202517 · 23.5% damage

03 / SEASON

Double-crested cormorant: 2021–2025 by month

Double-crested cormorant appears in 72 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1

Feb0

Mar4

Apr8

May12

Jun2

Jul5

Aug9

Sep7

Oct14

Nov7

Dec3

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Double-crested cormorant: published airport records

Double-crested cormorant has 4 published airport combinations representing 124 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl47 reports · 19.1% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt39 reports · 23.1% damage KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt28 reports · 28.6% damage KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damage