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- 2004 Summary Report - Bird Stikes to Canadian Aircraft Section 3 - Bird Strikes at Canadian Airports
2004 Summary Report - Bird Stikes to Canadian Aircraft Section 3 - Bird Strikes at Canadian Airports
3.1 Characteristics of Strikes at Canadian Airports
3.1e) Kind of Bird Involved: Strikes for Top Twenty Airports
| Species | # Struck | Species | # Struck |
| Abbotsford | Calgary Intl | ||
| Unreported | 3 | Unreported | 8 |
| Gulls | 1 | Gulls | 2 |
| Swallows | 3 | Sparrows | 1 |
| Sparrows | 1 | Ring-billed Gull | 11 |
| Barn Swallow | 6 | Hawks | 2 |
| Herring Gull | 2 | Ducks | 1 |
| Canada Goose | 4 | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | 5 | ||
| Horned Lark | 3 | ||
| Franklin's Gull | 1 | ||
| Pigeons | 2 | ||
| Swainson's Hawk | 3 | ||
| Mallard | 2 | ||
| Great Horned Owl | 1 | ||
| Shorebirds | 2 | ||
| Gray Partridge | 1 | ||
| European Starling | 1 | ||
| Charlottetown | Edmonton Intl | ||
| Gulls | 5 | Unreported | 5 |
| Plovers | 2 | Gulls | 1 |
| Killdeer | 2 | Swallows | 1 |
| House Sparrow | 2 | Sparrows | 1 |
| Starlings | 1 | ||
| Hawks | 2 | ||
| Herring Gull | 1 | ||
| Owls | 2 | ||
| Great Horned Owl | 1 | ||
| Halifax Intl | Hamilton | ||
| Unreported | 18 | Unreported | 21 |
| Swallows | 1 | Gulls | 1 |
| Sparrows | 1 | Swallows | 7 |
| Snow Bunting | 5 | Sparrows | 1 |
| Hawks | 2 | Canada Goose | 1 |
| Crows | 4 | ||
| Owls | 1 | ||
| Kingston | Moncton | ||
| Unreported | 7 | Unreported | 5 |
| Gulls | 1 | Gulls | 6 |
| Swallows | 2 | Starlings | 1 |
| Sparrows | 3 | Snow Bunting | 4 |
| Starlings | 2 | Ducks | 1 |
| Snow Bunting | 1 | Crows | 1 |
| Ducks | 1 | Pigeons | 1 |
| Crows | 1 | ||
| Owls | 1 | ||
| Buntings | 1 | ||
| Falcons | 1 | ||
| Montréal/Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Intl | Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen | ||
| Unreported | 35 | Unreported | 40 |
| Swallows | 9 | Gulls | 3 |
| Starlings | 2 | Starlings | 5 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 2 | Franklin's Gull | 1 |
| Ducks | 1 | ||
| American Kestrel | 2 | ||
| Pigeons | 1 | ||
| Buntings | 2 | ||
| Great Horned Owl | 1 | ||
| Herons | 1 | ||
| Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier Intl | Port Hardy | ||
| Unreported | 27 | Herring Gull | 1 |
| Gulls | 10 | Sandpipers | 3 |
| Swallows | 1 | Bald Eagle | 3 |
| Sparrows | 3 | Common Snipe | 1 |
| Starlings | 4 | Eagles | 1 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 2 | Semipalmated Plover | 1 |
| Hawks | 1 | ||
| Canada Goose | 1 | ||
| American Kestrel | 1 | ||
| Crows | 1 | ||
| Doves | 2 | ||
| Prince George | Saint John | ||
| Unreported | 9 | Unreported | 4 |
| Starlings | 2 | Gulls | 1 |
| Snow Bunting | 1 | Snow Bunting | 7 |
| American Kestrel | 1 | ||
| Barn Swallow | 1 | ||
| Killdeer | 1 | ||
| Magpie | 3 | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | 1 | ||
| Black-billed Magpie | 1 | ||
| Toronto/Lester B. Pearson Intl | Vancouver Intl | ||
| Unreported | 106 | Unreported | 78 |
| Gulls | 1 | Gulls | 4 |
| Swallows | 3 | Swallows | 5 |
| Sparrows | 8 | Sparrows | 2 |
| Starlings | 9 | Hawks | 2 |
| Snow Bunting | 1 | Ducks | 2 |
| Hawks | 5 | Canada Goose | 1 |
| Canada Goose | 1 | Owls | 2 |
| American Kestrel | 3 | Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 5 | Eagles | 2 |
| Barn Swallow | 1 | Great Blue Heron | 2 |
| Killdeer | 1 | Dunlin | 2 |
| Owls | 1 | American Crow | 1 |
| Geese | 1 | ||
| Snowy Owl | 1 | ||
| Short-eared Owl | 1 | ||
| Mourning Dove | 1 | ||
| Victoria Intl | Whitehorse Intl | ||
| Unreported | 8 | Unreported | 4 |
| Gulls | 11 | Gulls | 4 |
| Swallows | 3 | Hawks | 1 |
| Starlings | 1 | ||
| Hawks | 1 | ||
| Barn Swallow | 1 | ||
| Killdeer | 1 | ||
| Glaucous-winged Gull | 3 | ||
| Cooper's Hawk | 1 | ||
| Turkey Vulture | 1 | ||
| Winnipeg Intl | Yellowknife | ||
| Unreported | 26 | Unreported | 3 |
| Gulls | 7 | Gulls | 1 |
| Swallows | 1 | Swallows | 1 |
| Sparrows | 2 | Snow Bunting | 1 |
| Starlings | 1 | Herring Gull | 2 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 5 | ||
| Hawks | 1 | ||
| Ducks | 3 | ||
| Canada Goose | 1 | ||
| Barn Swallow | 1 | ||
| Franklin's Gull | 1 | ||
| Geese | 1 | ||
| American Robin | 1 | ||
| Mallard | 1 | ||
| Snowy Owl | 2 | ||
| Kingfishers | 1 | ||
- Date modified:
- 2012-01-05
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