Bird strike

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Bird strike

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{{about|bird collisions with aircraft or other vehicles|bird collisions with buildings|Bird–window collisions|and|Towerkill}}
{{about|bird collisions with aircraft or other vehicles|bird collisions with buildings|Bird–window collisions|and|Towerkill}}
{{Not to be confused with|shrike}}
{{Not to be confused with|shrike}}
{{Globalize|article|US|date=June 2025}}
[[File:F16 after bird strike.jpg|thumb|[[F-16]] jet fighter after bird strike]]
[[File:F16 after bird strike.jpg|thumb|[[F-16]] jet fighter after bird strike]]
A '''bird strike''' (sometimes called '''birdstrike''', '''bird ingestion''' (for an engine), '''bird hit''', or '''bird aircraft strike hazard''' ('''BASH''')) is a [[collision]] between a [[flying animal]] (usually a [[bird]], occasionally [[bat]]){{cite journal|title=Spatial analysis of Bird–Aircraft Strike Hazard for Moody Air Force Base aircraft in the state of Georgia.(Report)|journal=Georgia Journal of Science|year=2007|url=http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jaliff/GAJSci65-4.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107011153/http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jaliff/GAJSci65-4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-07|volume=65|issue=4|pages=161–169|author1=Gard, Katie|author2=Groszos, Mark S.|author3=Brevik, Eric C.|author4=Lee, Gregory W.}} and a moving [[vehicle]] (typically an [[aircraft]], occasionally [[high-speed train]] or [[automobile]]). The term is also used for bird deaths resulting from collisions with [[highrise]] [[building]]s, [[tower]]s (see [[bird–skyscraper collisions]] and [[towerkill]]) and tall [[non-building structure|structure]]s such as [[overhead power line]]s and [[wind turbine]]s.{{cite book|author=Manville A.M., II.|year=2005 |chapter= Bird strikes and electrocutions at power lines, communication lowers, and wind turbines: state of the art and slate of the science—next steps toward mitigation. |title=Bird Conservation Implementation in the Americas: Proceedings 3rd International Partners in Flight Conference 2002|editor= C.J. Ralph|editor2= T. D. Rich |publisher= U.S.D.A. Forest Service. GTR-PSW-191, Albany. CA.}}
A '''bird strike''' (sometimes called '''birdstrike''', '''bird ingestion''' (for an engine), '''bird hit''', or '''bird aircraft strike hazard''' ('''BASH''')) is a [[collision]] between a [[flying animal]] (usually a [[bird]], occasionally [[bat]]){{cite journal|title=Spatial analysis of Bird–Aircraft Strike Hazard for Moody Air Force Base aircraft in the state of Georgia.(Report)|journal=Georgia Journal of Science|year=2007|url=http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jaliff/GAJSci65-4.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107011153/http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~jaliff/GAJSci65-4.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-07|volume=65|issue=4|pages=161–169|author1=Gard, Katie|author2=Groszos, Mark S.|author3=Brevik, Eric C.|author4=Lee, Gregory W.}} and a moving [[vehicle]] (typically an [[aircraft]], occasionally [[high-speed train]] or [[automobile]]). The term is also used for bird deaths resulting from collisions with [[highrise]] [[building]]s, [[tower]]s (see [[bird–skyscraper collisions]] and [[towerkill]]) and tall [[non-building structure|structure]]s such as [[overhead power line]]s and [[wind turbine]]s.{{cite book|author=Manville A.M., II.|year=2005 |chapter= Bird strikes and electrocutions at power lines, communication lowers, and wind turbines: state of the art and slate of the science—next steps toward mitigation. |title=Bird Conservation Implementation in the Americas: Proceedings 3rd International Partners in Flight Conference 2002|editor= C.J. Ralph|editor2= T. D. Rich |publisher= U.S.D.A. Forest Service. GTR-PSW-191, Albany. CA.}}
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