White-crowned sparrow

The FAA database contains 111 filed wildlife-strike reports naming White-crowned sparrow across 49 airports; damage was indicated in 3.6% and engine ingestion in 4.5%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1111990–export

Airports represented49distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated3.6%of filed reports

Engine ingestion4.5%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports4FAA report field

Serious / destroyed1FAA S or D level

Effect on flight1effect supplied

Reported cost$128Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

White-crowned sparrow: 2016–2025 reporting record

White-crowned sparrow has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 71 filed reports in the annual series.

20169 · 22.2% damage

20178 · 0.0% damage

20183 · 33.3% damage

20195 · 0.0% damage

20202 · 0.0% damage

20216 · 0.0% damage

20226 · 0.0% damage

20237 · 0.0% damage

202413 · 0.0% damage

202512 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

White-crowned sparrow: 2021–2025 by month

White-crowned sparrow appears in 44 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr6

May4

Jun0

Jul0

Aug1

Sep6

Oct22

Nov4

Dec1

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

White-crowned sparrow: published airport records

White-crowned sparrow has 3 published airport combinations representing 30 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDENDenver Intl Airport12 reports · 0.0% damage KPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor Intl Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damage KSLCSalt Lake City Intl9 reports · 0.0% damage