Short-eared owl

The FAA database contains 1,044 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Short-eared owl across 111 airports; damage was indicated in 1.4% and engine ingestion in 2.6%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1,0441990–export

Airports represented111distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated1.4%of filed reports

Engine ingestion2.6%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports15FAA report field

Serious / destroyed4FAA S or D level

Effect on flight16effect supplied

Reported cost$450Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Short-eared owl: 2016–2025 reporting record

Short-eared owl has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 557 filed reports in the annual series.

201639 · 2.6% damage

201759 · 0.0% damage

201847 · 0.0% damage

201948 · 2.1% damage

202039 · 2.6% damage

202150 · 0.0% damage

202248 · 0.0% damage

202359 · 1.7% damage

202487 · 0.0% damage

202581 · 1.2% damage

03 / SEASON

Short-eared owl: 2021–2025 by month

Short-eared owl appears in 325 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan49

Feb39

Mar43

Apr26

May5

Jun1

Jul6

Aug2

Sep1

Oct9

Nov72

Dec72

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Short-eared owl: published airport records

Short-eared owl has 28 published airport combinations representing 875 filed reports that met the publication threshold.