White-tailed kite

The FAA database contains 106 filed wildlife-strike reports naming White-tailed kite across 12 airports; damage was indicated in 3.8% and engine ingestion in 5.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1061990–export

Airports represented12distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated3.8%of filed reports

Engine ingestion5.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports4FAA report field

Serious / destroyed2FAA S or D level

Effect on flight3effect supplied

Reported cost$8.0Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

White-tailed kite: 2016–2025 reporting record

White-tailed kite has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 68 filed reports in the annual series.

20162 · 0.0% damage

20175 · 0.0% damage

201820 · 0.0% damage

20197 · 0.0% damage

20206 · 0.0% damage

20217 · 0.0% damage

20224 · 0.0% damage

20236 · 0.0% damage

20242 · 0.0% damage

20259 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

White-tailed kite: 2021–2025 by month

White-tailed kite appears in 28 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb1

Mar1

Apr0

May1

Jun1

Jul4

Aug4

Sep7

Oct6

Nov1

Dec2

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

White-tailed kite: published airport records

White-tailed kite has 1 published airport combinations representing 87 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KSFOSan Francisco Intl Arpt87 reports · 2.3% damage