Northern flicker

The FAA database contains 218 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Northern flicker across 85 airports; damage was indicated in 6.0% and engine ingestion in 1.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports2181990–export

Airports represented85distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated6.0%of filed reports

Engine ingestion1.8%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports13FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$331Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Northern flicker: 2016–2025 reporting record

Northern flicker has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 117 filed reports in the annual series.

201613 · 0.0% damage

201712 · 0.0% damage

201812 · 25.0% damage

20199 · 0.0% damage

20208 · 12.5% damage

202111 · 0.0% damage

20227 · 0.0% damage

202312 · 8.3% damage

202417 · 11.8% damage

202516 · 6.2% damage

03 / SEASON

Northern flicker: 2021–2025 by month

Northern flicker appears in 63 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb1

Mar8

Apr9

May3

Jun4

Jul1

Aug0

Sep21

Oct15

Nov0

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Northern flicker: published airport records

Northern flicker has 4 published airport combinations representing 82 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl35 reports · 2.9% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt23 reports · 4.3% damage KLGALa Guardia Arpt16 reports · 0.0% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damage