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40 A P P E N D I X G Table of Water-Dependent Species
41 All Species in the List Below 10808 664.8 Bald Eagle 36 3 90 6.9 Black-bellied Plover 15 2 91 3.3 Blackbirds 9 1 438 21.8 Brown Pelican 40 4 47 2.8 California Gull 22 2 101 3.2 Canada Goose 46 4 1156 82.4 Cattle Egret 23 2 270 11.0 Double-crested Cormorant 43 4 93 5.4 Franklin's Gull 19 2 80 4.7 Glaucous-winged Gull 39 4 70 2.6 Great Black-backed Gull 32 3 85 2.4 Great Blue Heron 31 3 296 13.1 Great Egret 28 3 63 2.6 Herring Gull 29 3 946 42.5 Killdeer 7 1 2827 213.6 Laughing Gull 18 2 333 15.5 Mallard 29 3 639 32.4 Mew Gull 19 2 51 2.2 Osprey 31 3 222 11.2 Other Ducks 48 5 536 22.8 Other Geese 61 5 153 7.4 Pacific golden-plover 2 1 723 50.2 Ring-billed Gull 23 2 1147 72.5 Sandhill Crane 37 3 92 10.2 Terns 2 1 59 9.2 Upland Sandpiper 13 2 147 6.1 Western Sandpiper 3 1 53 6.7 None 0 0 0 0 *Blackbirds - red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, common grackle *Other Ducks - 23 species in the Family Anatidae (Mottled Duck, Northern Pintail, American Black Duck, Gadwall, American *Other Geese - snow goose, brant, greater white-fronted goos e *Terns - common tern, arctic tern, Caspian tern, least tern, fairy tern List of Hazardous Water-Dependent Bird Species (Source: The list of species included in this tool is based on a list of wildlife species that were most frequently reported as causing damaging strikes to aircraft or causing an adverse effect on flights between 1990 and 2009 (DeVault et al. 2011), based on national wildlife strike data. The data below reflects information from DeVault, as adjusted to remove species that are not birds, as well as birds that are not water-dependent.) Hazardous Water-Dependent Bird Species Rela ve Hazard Ranking Weighted Hazard Ranking Severity Level 1â5 Number of Strikes (1990â2012) from Strike Database for 530 Airports with FAA Ops Data Mean Strikes / 100,000,000 Opera ons (1990â2012) for 530 Airports with FAA Ops Data