Great-tailed grackle

The FAA database contains 120 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Great-tailed grackle across 19 airports; damage was indicated in 2.5% and engine ingestion in 2.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1201990–export

Airports represented19distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated2.5%of filed reports

Engine ingestion2.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports3FAA report field

Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level

Effect on flight3effect supplied

Reported cost$1Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Great-tailed grackle: 2016–2025 reporting record

Great-tailed grackle has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 69 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 0.0% damage

20176 · 0.0% damage

20183 · 0.0% damage

20198 · 0.0% damage

20202 · 0.0% damage

20213 · 0.0% damage

20226 · 0.0% damage

202317 · 0.0% damage

202414 · 0.0% damage

20257 · 14.3% damage

03 / SEASON

Great-tailed grackle: 2021–2025 by month

Great-tailed grackle appears in 47 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan3

Feb1

Mar1

Apr4

May8

Jun11

Jul6

Aug7

Sep2

Oct2

Nov1

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Great-tailed grackle: published airport records

Great-tailed grackle has 6 published airport combinations representing 91 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt24 reports · 4.2% damage KMFEMc Allen Miller Intl14 reports · 0.0% damage KSATSan Antonio Intl14 reports · 7.1% damage KAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl13 reports · 0.0% damage KDALDallas Love Field Arpt13 reports · 0.0% damage KPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor Intl Arpt13 reports · 0.0% damage