Origin of birds

Origin of birds - evolution, adaptation, and origin of birds. Article “Origin of birds” in Simple English Wikipedia has 62.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 24 references and 11 sections.

This article has the best quality in Hungarian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Origin of birds”, its content was written by 17 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 667 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 40 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2473 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #438 in March 2009
• Global: #21284 in March 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #2171 in August 2014
• Global: #57218 in June 2015

There are 19 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	Hungarian (hu) Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat		97.1008
2	English (en) Origin of birds		93.0205
3	Dutch (nl) Oorsprong van de vogels		92.841
4	Galician (gl) Orixe das aves		89.368
5	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		89.1525
6	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		85.8496
7	Japanese (ja) 鳥類の起源		79.2631
8	Simple English (simple) Origin of birds		62.577
9	Swedish (sv) Fåglarnas uppkomst och utveckling		44.2486
10	Arabic (ar) أصل الطيور		34.0954

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Origin of birds" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Origin of birds		2 278 831
2	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		562 603
3	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		338 623
4	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		250 945
5	Dutch (nl) Oorsprong van de vogels		127 495
6	Hungarian (hu) Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat		51 506
7	Japanese (ja) 鳥類の起源		50 661
8	Swedish (sv) Fåglarnas uppkomst och utveckling		49 514
9	Arabic (ar) أصل الطيور		45 820
10	Indonesian (id) Asal-usul burung		29 115

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Origin of birds" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Origin of birds		7 386
2	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		1 462
3	Dutch (nl) Oorsprong van de vogels		1 227
4	Japanese (ja) 鳥類の起源		1 026
5	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		716
6	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		356
7	Swedish (sv) Fåglarnas uppkomst och utveckling		185
8	Persian (fa) خاستگاه پرندگان		124
9	Simple English (simple) Origin of birds		92
10	Hungarian (hu) Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat		89

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

Language versions of the article "Origin of birds" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Origin of birds		279
2	Dutch (nl) Oorsprong van de vogels		95
3	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		56
4	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		47
5	Hungarian (hu) Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat		40
6	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		25
7	Danish (da) Fuglenes oprindelse		22
8	Arabic (ar) أصل الطيور		19
9	Simple English (simple) Origin of birds		17
10	Ukrainian (uk) Походження птахів		12

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

Language versions of the article "Origin of birds" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Origin of birds		3
2	Hungarian (hu) Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat		2
3	Arabic (ar) أصل الطيور		1
4	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		1
5	Galician (gl) Orixe das aves		1
6	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		1
7	Catalan (ca) Origen dels ocells		0
8	Danish (da) Fuglenes oprindelse		0
9	Persian (fa) خاستگاه پرندگان		0
10	Indonesian (id) Asal-usul burung		0

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

Language versions of the article "Origin of birds" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Origin of birds		508
2	Lithuanian (lt) Paukščių kilmė		340
3	Arabic (ar) أصل الطيور		317
4	Turkish (tr) Kuşların kökeni		267
5	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		204
6	Catalan (ca) Origen dels ocells		176
7	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		163
8	Persian (fa) خاستگاه پرندگان		126
9	Ukrainian (uk) Походження птахів		89
10	Galician (gl) Orixe das aves		62

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic أصل الطيور
ca	Catalan Origen dels ocells
da	Danish Fuglenes oprindelse
en	English Origin of birds
es	Spanish Origen de las aves
fa	Persian خاستگاه پرندگان
gl	Galician Orixe das aves
hu	Hungarian Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat
id	Indonesian Asal-usul burung
ja	Japanese 鳥類の起源
lt	Lithuanian Paukščių kilmė
nl	Dutch Oorsprong van de vogels
pt	Portuguese Origem das aves
ru	Russian Происхождение птиц
simple	Simple English Origin of birds
sv	Swedish Fåglarnas uppkomst och utveckling
ta	Tamil பறவைகளின் கூர்ப்பு
tr	Turkish Kuşların kökeni
uk	Ukrainian Походження птахів

Best Rank

Simple English: #2171 08.2014

Global: #57218 06.2015

Best Rank

Simple English: #438 03.2009

Global: #21284 03.2009

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