Ring-necked pheasant

The FAA database contains 115 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Ring-necked pheasant across 53 airports; damage was indicated in 15.7% and engine ingestion in 6.1%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1151990–export

Airports represented53distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated15.7%of filed reports

Engine ingestion6.1%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports18FAA report field

Serious / destroyed8FAA S or D level

Effect on flight14effect supplied

Reported cost$143Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Ring-necked pheasant: 2016–2025 reporting record

Ring-necked pheasant has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 18 filed reports in the annual series.

20161 · 0.0% damage

20175 · 0.0% damage

20182 · 0.0% damage

20192 · 0.0% damage

20211 · 100.0% damage

20221 · 0.0% damage

20231 · 0.0% damage

20242 · 50.0% damage

20253 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Ring-necked pheasant: 2021–2025 by month

Ring-necked pheasant appears in 8 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar2

Apr1

May0

Jun0

Jul3

Aug0

Sep0

Oct2

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Ring-necked pheasant: published airport records

Ring-necked pheasant has 3 published airport combinations representing 37 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl15 reports · 6.7% damage KABRAberdeen Regional Arpt11 reports · 9.1% damage PHLILihue Arpt11 reports · 9.1% damage