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

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Perching birds (y)

The FAA database contains 1,022 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Perching birds (y) across 206 airports; damage was indicated in 2.1% and engine ingestion in 2.1%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1,0221990–export
Airports represented206distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated2.1%of filed reports
Engine ingestion2.1%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports21FAA report field
Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level
Effect on flight24effect supplied
Reported cost$188Kinflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Perching birds (y): 2016–2025 reporting record

Perching birds (y) has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 535 filed reports in the annual series.

201689 · 1.1% damage
201744 · 4.5% damage
201852 · 1.9% damage
201964 · 3.1% damage
202029 · 3.4% damage
202145 · 0.0% damage
202266 · 3.0% damage
202344 · 0.0% damage
202452 · 1.9% damage
202550 · 0.0% damage
03 / SEASON

Perching birds (y): 2021–2025 by month

Perching birds (y) appears in 257 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan7
Feb7
Mar11
Apr30
May46
Jun19
Jul22
Aug20
Sep38
Oct38
Nov18
Dec1
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Perching birds (y): published airport records

Perching birds (y) has 38 published airport combinations representing 684 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KLGALa Guardia Arpt47 reports · 0.0% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt40 reports · 0.0% damageKCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt38 reports · 2.6% damageKLAXLos Angeles Intl35 reports · 2.9% damageKMCIKansas City Intl35 reports · 0.0% damageKDENDenver Intl Airport33 reports · 0.0% damageKSLCSalt Lake City Intl33 reports · 0.0% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl28 reports · 0.0% damageKBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt24 reports · 4.2% damageKSMFSacramento Intl24 reports · 4.2% damageKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt21 reports · 0.0% damageKMSPMinneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Arpt21 reports · 4.8% damageKORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt20 reports · 5.0% damageKATLHartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Arpt20 reports · 0.0% damageKPDXPortland Intl (Or)20 reports · 5.0% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt15 reports · 0.0% damageKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt15 reports · 0.0% damageKFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl14 reports · 0.0% damageKSEASeattle-Tacoma Intl13 reports · 0.0% damageKMEMMemphis Intl13 reports · 0.0% damageKPITPittsburgh Intl Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damageKSNAJohn Wayne-Orange County Arpt12 reports · 8.3% damageKHPNWestchester County Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damageKHOUWilliam P Hobby Arpt11 reports · 0.0% damageKRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt11 reports · 0.0% damageKMCOOrlando Intl11 reports · 9.1% damageKOAKMetro Oakland Intl10 reports · 10.0% damageKSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damageKBDLBradley Intl10 reports · 0.0% damageKAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl9 reports · 0.0% damageKONTOntario Intl Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damageKLITBill And Hillary Clinton Natl Arpt/Adams Field9 reports · 0.0% damageKSTLLambert-St Louis Intl9 reports · 0.0% damageKAVPWilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl8 reports · 0.0% damageKSDFMuhammad Ali International8 reports · 0.0% damageKPVDRhode Island Tf Green International Airport8 reports · 0.0% damageKSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damageKTEBTeterboro Airport8 reports · 0.0% damage