Yellow-bellied sapsucker

The FAA database contains 130 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Yellow-bellied sapsucker across 48 airports; damage was indicated in 6.9% and engine ingestion in 3.8%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1301990–export

Airports represented48distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated6.9%of filed reports

Engine ingestion3.8%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports9FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$20Kinflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Yellow-bellied sapsucker: 2016–2025 reporting record

Yellow-bellied sapsucker has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 72 filed reports in the annual series.

20167 · 0.0% damage

20177 · 14.3% damage

20185 · 0.0% damage

20194 · 0.0% damage

20204 · 0.0% damage

20213 · 0.0% damage

20228 · 12.5% damage

20239 · 0.0% damage

202417 · 11.8% damage

20258 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Yellow-bellied sapsucker: 2021–2025 by month

Yellow-bellied sapsucker appears in 45 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr9

May1

Jun0

Jul0

Aug0

Sep4

Oct29

Nov2

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Yellow-bellied sapsucker: published airport records

Yellow-bellied sapsucker has 4 published airport combinations representing 57 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KLGALa Guardia Arpt26 reports · 0.0% damage KEWRNewark Liberty Intl Arpt14 reports · 7.1% damage KCLTCharlotte/Douglas Intl Arpt9 reports · 22.2% damage KORDChicago O'Hare Intl Arpt8 reports · 25.0% damage