Western tanager

The FAA database contains 71 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Western tanager across 23 airports; damage was indicated in 5.6% and engine ingestion in 5.6%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports711990–export

Airports represented23distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated5.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion5.6%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports4FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight3effect supplied

Reported cost$26Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Western tanager: 2016–2025 reporting record

Western tanager has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 60 filed reports in the annual series.

20163 · 0.0% damage

20175 · 0.0% damage

20188 · 0.0% damage

20196 · 0.0% damage

20204 · 0.0% damage

20219 · 22.2% damage

20224 · 0.0% damage

20233 · 0.0% damage

202412 · 8.3% damage

20256 · 16.7% damage

03 / SEASON

Western tanager: 2021–2025 by month

Western tanager appears in 34 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr1

May7

Jun0

Jul1

Aug10

Sep14

Oct1

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Western tanager: published airport records

Western tanager has 3 published airport combinations representing 35 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KLAXLos Angeles Intl19 reports · 5.3% damage KSMFSacramento Intl8 reports · 0.0% damage KSNAJohn Wayne-Orange County Arpt8 reports · 12.5% damage