FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES Z6004PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Swainson's thrush

The FAA database contains 467 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Swainson's thrush across 117 airports; damage was indicated in 4.3% and engine ingestion in 4.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports4671990–export
Airports represented117distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated4.3%of filed reports
Engine ingestion4.7%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports20FAA report field
Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level
Effect on flight9effect supplied
Reported cost$287Kinflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Swainson's thrush: 2016–2025 reporting record

Swainson's thrush has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 354 filed reports in the annual series.

201611 · 0.0% damage
201733 · 6.1% damage
201827 · 7.4% damage
201934 · 5.9% damage
202014 · 0.0% damage
202128 · 0.0% damage
202238 · 5.3% damage
202345 · 4.4% damage
202454 · 3.7% damage
202570 · 5.7% damage
03 / SEASON

Swainson's thrush: 2021–2025 by month

Swainson's thrush appears in 235 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr9
May45
Jun3
Jul3
Aug6
Sep111
Oct58
Nov0
Dec0