FAA PUBLIC EXPORT · 355,556 REPORTSVOLUNTARY REPORTING · NOT A RISK SCORESNAPSHOT 16 SEP 2026
RUNWAYWILDLIFETHE REPORTED STRIKE RECORD
FAA SPECIES I1301PUBLIC FAA RECORD

WILDLIFE PROFILE

Western cattle egret

The FAA database contains 1,175 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Western cattle egret across 92 airports; damage was indicated in 5.2% and engine ingestion in 6.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1,1751990–export
Airports represented92distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated5.2%of filed reports
Engine ingestion6.9%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports61FAA report field
Serious / destroyed9FAA S or D level
Effect on flight93effect supplied
Reported cost$1.7Minflation-adjusted supplied values
02 / YEAR LOG

Western cattle egret: 2016–2025 reporting record

Western cattle egret has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 726 filed reports in the annual series.

201653 · 5.7% damage
201748 · 8.3% damage
201862 · 3.2% damage
201954 · 0.0% damage
202045 · 0.0% damage
202171 · 5.6% damage
202267 · 3.0% damage
202388 · 2.3% damage
202499 · 3.0% damage
2025139 · 4.3% damage
03 / SEASON

Western cattle egret: 2021–2025 by month

Western cattle egret appears in 464 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan38
Feb28
Mar15
Apr29
May49
Jun51
Jul60
Aug36
Sep41
Oct33
Nov48
Dec36
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Western cattle egret: published airport records

Western cattle egret has 34 published airport combinations representing 1,063 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KMCOOrlando Intl133 reports · 9.0% damageKTPATampa Intl104 reports · 3.8% damageKSRQSarasota-Bradenton Intl Arpt104 reports · 4.8% damageKFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl74 reports · 5.4% damageKPBIPalm Beach Intl63 reports · 4.8% damageKIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Arpt58 reports · 3.4% damageKPIESt. Pete-Clearwater Intl Arpt50 reports · 0.0% damageKDABDaytona Beach Intl43 reports · 2.3% damageKEYWKey West Intl Arpt41 reports · 0.0% damageKSFBOrlando Sanford Intl Arpt29 reports · 6.9% damagePHNLDaniel K. Inouye International Airport28 reports · 0.0% damageKLALLakeland Linder International Airport25 reports · 0.0% damageKVRBVero Beach Municipal23 reports · 0.0% damageKMSYLouie Armstrong New Orleans Intl Arpt23 reports · 13.0% damageKRSWSouthwest Florida Intl Arpt21 reports · 4.8% damageKHOUWilliam P Hobby Arpt20 reports · 5.0% damageKBCTBoca Raton Arpt20 reports · 0.0% damageKFXEFort Lauderdale Executive Arpt18 reports · 0.0% damageKHWONorth Perry Arpt17 reports · 0.0% damageKFMYPage Field Arpt16 reports · 0.0% damageTISXHenry E Rohlsen Arpt15 reports · 13.3% damageKAPFNaples Municipal15 reports · 0.0% damageKTLHTallahassee International Airport14 reports · 21.4% damageKPGDPunta Gorda Arpt12 reports · 0.0% damageKMTHThe Florida Keys Marathon11 reports · 9.1% damageKDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt11 reports · 18.2% damagePHLILihue Arpt11 reports · 9.1% damageKMLBMelbourne Intl10 reports · 10.0% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl10 reports · 0.0% damageKLFTLafayette Regional10 reports · 10.0% damageKAUSAustin-Bergstrom Intl9 reports · 11.1% damageKORLExecutive Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damageKJAXJacksonville Intl8 reports · 12.5% damageKOKCWill Rogers World Arpt8 reports · 0.0% damage