Great egret

The FAA database contains 199 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Great egret across 65 airports; damage was indicated in 7.0% and engine ingestion in 6.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1991990–export

Airports represented65distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated7.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion6.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports14FAA report field

Serious / destroyed3FAA S or D level

Effect on flight12effect supplied

Reported cost$3.3Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Great egret: 2016–2025 reporting record

Great egret has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 101 filed reports in the annual series.

20168 · 12.5% damage

201711 · 0.0% damage

201811 · 0.0% damage

20197 · 0.0% damage

202012 · 0.0% damage

202112 · 0.0% damage

20227 · 0.0% damage

202311 · 0.0% damage

202411 · 0.0% damage

202511 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Great egret: 2021–2025 by month

Great egret appears in 52 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan1

Feb3

Mar3

Apr2

May7

Jun9

Jul9

Aug2

Sep4

Oct7

Nov2

Dec3

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Great egret: published airport records

Great egret has 5 published airport combinations representing 69 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl27 reports · 7.4% damage KMCOOrlando Intl12 reports · 0.0% damage KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl12 reports · 0.0% damage TJSJLuis Munoz Marin Intl10 reports · 0.0% damage KBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damage