02 / YEAR LOG
White-headed gull complex: 2016–2025 reporting record
White-headed gull complex has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 265 filed reports in the annual series.
FAA SPECIES NE141PUBLIC FAA RECORD
WILDLIFE PROFILE
White-headed gull complex
The FAA database contains 411 filed wildlife-strike reports naming White-headed gull complex across 100 airports; damage was indicated in 23.6% and engine ingestion in 17.0%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Named-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports4111990–export
Airports represented100distinct airport IDs
Damage indicated23.6%of filed reports
Engine ingestion17.0%of filed reports
Damage-indicated reports97FAA report field
Serious / destroyed13FAA S or D level
Effect on flight49effect supplied
Reported cost$7.6Minflation-adjusted supplied values
03 / SEASON
White-headed gull complex: 2021–2025 by month
White-headed gull complex appears in 164 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.
04 / AIRPORT RECORDS
White-headed gull complex: published airport records
White-headed gull complex has 10 published airport combinations representing 242 filed reports that met the publication threshold.
KLGALa Guardia Arpt54 reports · 14.8% damageKEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt38 reports · 31.6% damageKSLCSalt Lake City Intl28 reports · 25.0% damageKLAXLos Angeles Intl25 reports · 24.0% damageKJFKJohn F Kennedy Intl24 reports · 50.0% damageKBOSGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan Intl Arpt21 reports · 38.1% damageKSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt16 reports · 12.5% damageKSJCNorman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Arpt15 reports · 20.0% damageKDTWDetroit Metro Wayne County Arpt12 reports · 16.7% damageKCLECleveland-Hopkins Intl Arpt9 reports · 11.1% damage