Yellow-headed blackbird

The FAA database contains 31 filed wildlife-strike reports naming Yellow-headed blackbird across 16 airports; damage was indicated in 9.7% and engine ingestion in 9.7%. These are report-level shares, not flight probabilities.

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

Filed reports311990–export

Airports represented16distinct airport IDs

Damage indicated9.7%of filed reports

Engine ingestion9.7%of filed reports

Damage-indicated reports3FAA report field

Serious / destroyed0FAA S or D level

Effect on flight2effect supplied

Reported cost$0inflation-adjusted supplied values

02 / YEAR LOG

Yellow-headed blackbird: 2016–2025 reporting record

Yellow-headed blackbird has 9 complete-year cohorts from 2016 through 2025, totaling 20 filed reports in the annual series.

20162 · 0.0% damage

20171 · 100.0% damage

20181 · 100.0% damage

20192 · 0.0% damage

20212 · 0.0% damage

20222 · 0.0% damage

20234 · 0.0% damage

20243 · 0.0% damage

20253 · 0.0% damage

03 / SEASON

Yellow-headed blackbird: 2021–2025 by month

Yellow-headed blackbird appears in 14 filed reports from 2021–2025 with an incident month, distributed across the 12 calendar months.

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr3

May3

Jun1

Jul1

Aug0

Sep5

Oct1

Nov0

Dec0

04 / AIRPORT RECORDS

Yellow-headed blackbird: published airport records

Yellow-headed blackbird has 1 published airport combinations representing 10 filed reports that met the publication threshold.

KDENDenver Intl Airport10 reports · 20.0% damage