Bird strike

Quality:

Bird strike - collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a human-made vehicle (usually an aircraft). Article “Bird strike” in English Wikipedia has 92.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 118 references and 14 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Bird strike” was edited by 8 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 10 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Bird strike”, its content was written by 347 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 936 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 311 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1126 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1037 in January 2009
• Global: #3576 in August 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #3025 in January 2009
• Global: #4425 in December 2024

There are 20 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Bird strike		92.9473
2	German (de) Vogelschlag		56.2714
3	Ukrainian (uk) Зіткнення транспортних засобів з птахами		49.7687
4	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		37.8496
5	Esperanto (eo) Birdofrapo		36.5077
6	Vietnamese (vi) Chim tấn công		33.6197
7	Chinese (zh) 鸟击		30.9323
8	French (fr) Risque aviaire		27.0366
9	Catalan (ca) Risc aviari		25.439
10	Danish (da) Bird strike		23.8491

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bird strike		2 807 571
2	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		1 055 639
3	German (de) Vogelschlag		446 202
4	Italian (it) Impatto con volatili		167 398
5	French (fr) Risque aviaire		146 054
6	Chinese (zh) 鸟击		126 832
7	Russian (ru) Столкновение с птицами		94 165
8	Arabic (ar) ضربة طير		27 686
9	Korean (ko) 조류 충돌		27 091
10	Turkish (tr) Kuş çarpması		25 794

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bird strike		31 022
2	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		4 529
3	Italian (it) Impatto con volatili		1 867
4	German (de) Vogelschlag		1 810
5	Chinese (zh) 鸟击		1 271
6	Russian (ru) Столкновение с птицами		806
7	French (fr) Risque aviaire		746
8	Korean (ko) 조류 충돌		140
9	Portuguese (pt) Risco aviário		129
10	Dutch (nl) Vogelaanvaring		114

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Bird strike		347
2	German (de) Vogelschlag		179
3	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		92
4	French (fr) Risque aviaire		62
5	Italian (it) Impatto con volatili		48
6	Dutch (nl) Vogelaanvaring		39
7	Chinese (zh) 鸟击		39
8	Turkish (tr) Kuş çarpması		20
9	Danish (da) Bird strike		18
10	Korean (ko) 조류 충돌		17

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Bird strike		8
2	Italian (it) Impatto con volatili		1
3	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		1
4	Arabic (ar) ضربة طير		0
5	Catalan (ca) Risc aviari		0
6	Danish (da) Bird strike		0
7	German (de) Vogelschlag		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Birdofrapo		0
9	Persian (fa) برخورد پرنده		0
10	French (fr) Risque aviaire		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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