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 96.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 133 references and 15 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 2026 the article “Bird strike” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 11 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Bird strike”, its content was written by 361 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 967 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 307 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1175 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1036 in January 2009
• Global: #3588 in August 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #3046 in January 2009
• Global: #4422 in December 2024

There are 21 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, 2026 (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		96.1348
2	German (de) Vogelschlag		59.0215
3	Ukrainian (uk) Зіткнення транспортних засобів з птахами		47.2418
4	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		40.0613
5	Esperanto (eo) Birdofrapo		36.2849
6	Spanish (es) Riesgo aviar en la aeronáutica		36.2284
7	Vietnamese (vi) Chim tấn công		33.4791
8	Chinese (zh) 鸟击		30.9118
9	French (fr) Risque aviaire		29.001
10	Catalan (ca) Risc aviari		25.4416

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Bird strike		2 907 623
2	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		1 086 021
3	German (de) Vogelschlag		459 152
4	Italian (it) Impatto con volatili		176 770
5	French (fr) Risque aviaire		150 765
6	Chinese (zh) 鸟击		133 652
7	Russian (ru) Столкновение с птицами		100 677
8	Arabic (ar) ضربة طير		28 188
9	Korean (ko) 조류 충돌		27 839
10	Turkish (tr) Kuş çarpması		26 379

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		6 857
2	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		2 010
3	German (de) Vogelschlag		820
4	Italian (it) Impatto con volatili		538
5	Chinese (zh) 鸟击		397
6	French (fr) Risque aviaire		269
7	Russian (ru) Столкновение с птицами		242
8	Spanish (es) Riesgo aviar en la aeronáutica		72
9	Portuguese (pt) Risco aviário		53
10	Turkish (tr) Kuş çarpması		49

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		361
2	German (de) Vogelschlag		182
3	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		93
4	French (fr) Risque aviaire		66
5	Italian (it) Impatto con volatili		48
6	Chinese (zh) 鸟击		41
7	Dutch (nl) Vogelaanvaring		39
8	Turkish (tr) Kuş çarpması		21
9	Russian (ru) Столкновение с птицами		20
10	Danish (da) Bird strike		18

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	German (de) Vogelschlag		4
2	English (en) Bird strike		3
3	French (fr) Risque aviaire		2
4	Arabic (ar) ضربة طير		1
5	Japanese (ja) バードストライク		1
6	Catalan (ca) Risc aviari		0
7	Danish (da) Bird strike		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Birdofrapo		0
9	Spanish (es) Riesgo aviar en la aeronáutica		0
10	Persian (fa) برخورد پرنده		0

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

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