FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES I1110PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Green heron

The FAA database contains 60 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Green heron across 33 airports; damage was indicated in 5.0% and engine ingestion in 10.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports601990–export
Airports represented33distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated5.0%of filed reports
Engine ingestion10.0%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports3FAA report field
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Effect on flight3effect supplied
Reported cost$622inflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Green heron: 2016–2025 reporting record

Green heron has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 37 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 0.0% damage
20173 · 33.3% damage
20185 · 20.0% damage
20197 · 0.0% damage
20201 · 100.0% damage
20214 · 0.0% damage
20222 · 0.0% damage
20236 · 0.0% damage
20244 · 0.0% damage
20252 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Green heron: 2021–2025 by month

Green heron appears in 18 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May3
Jun4
Jul2
Aug0
Sep3
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Green heron: published airport records

Green heron has 1 published airport combinations representing 8 filed reports that met the publication threshold.