Yellow-crowned night heron

The FAA database contains 171 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Yellow-crowned night heron across 31 airports; damage was indicated in 8.2% and engine ingestion in 9.9%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports1711990–export

Airports represented31distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated8.2%of filed reports

Engine ingestion9.9%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports14FAA report field

Serious / destroyed4FAA S or D level

Effect on flight8effect supplied

Reported cost$1.1Minflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Yellow-crowned night heron: 2016–2025 reporting record

Yellow-crowned night heron has 10 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 125 filed reports in the annual series.

20168 · 25.0% damage

20179 · 0.0% damage

201810 · 0.0% damage

20194 · 0.0% damage

20207 · 0.0% damage

202112 · 0.0% damage

202213 · 0.0% damage

202318 · 5.6% damage

202416 · 0.0% damage

202528 · 3.6% damage

03 / SEASON

Yellow-crowned night heron: 2021–2025 by month

Yellow-crowned night heron appears in 87 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan3

Feb3

Mar6

Apr3

May6

Jun11

Jul10

Aug11

Sep9

Oct5

Nov7

Dec13

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Yellow-crowned night heron: published airport records

Yellow-crowned night heron has 4 published airport combinations representing 100 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KFLLFort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl71 reports · 2.8% damage KDFWDallas/Fort Worth Intl Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damage KHOUWilliam P Hobby Arpt10 reports · 0.0% damage KPIESt. Pete-Clearwater Intl Arpt9 reports · 0.0% damage