Western kingbird

The FAA database contains 669 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Western kingbird across 81 airports; damage was indicated in 0.6% and engine ingestion in 0.6%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports6691990–export

Airports represented81distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated0.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion0.6%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports4FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight7effect supplied

Reported cost$4Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Western kingbird: 2016–2025 reporting record

Western kingbird has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 381 filed reports in the annual series.

201626 · 0.0% damage

201733 · 0.0% damage

201823 · 0.0% damage

201935 · 0.0% damage

202034 · 0.0% damage

202146 · 0.0% damage

202246 · 0.0% damage

202348 · 0.0% damage

202446 · 0.0% damage

202544 · 2.3% damage

03 / SEASON

Western kingbird: 2021–2025 by month

Western kingbird appears in 230 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr4

May43

Jun33

Jul103

Aug40

Sep2

Oct4

Nov1

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Western kingbird: published airport records

Western kingbird has 18 published airport combinations representing 527 filed reports that met the publication threshold.