Origin of birds

Origin of birds - evolution, adaptation, and origin of birds. Article “Origin of birds” in English Wikipedia has 93.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 180 references and 28 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Origin of birds” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 9 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Origin of birds”, its content was written by 273 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 654 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 521 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2458 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #13259 in April 2020
• Global: #21262 in March 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #42390 in June 2015
• Global: #57032 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, 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	Hungarian (hu) Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat		97.4643
2	English (en) Origin of birds		93.0523
3	Dutch (nl) Oorsprong van de vogels		92.9082
4	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		89.4523
5	Galician (gl) Orixe das aves		89.2528
6	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		87.0448
7	Japanese (ja) 鳥類の起源		79.5907
8	Simple English (simple) Origin of birds		67.6155
9	Swedish (sv) Fåglarnas uppkomst och utveckling		45.1205
10	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		35.713

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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		2 179 976
2	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		551 274
3	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		302 799
4	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		246 065
5	Dutch (nl) Oorsprong van de vogels		119 973
6	Hungarian (hu) Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat		50 134
7	Swedish (sv) Fåglarnas uppkomst och utveckling		47 656
8	Arabic (ar) أصل الطيور		43 382
9	Japanese (ja) 鳥類の起源		37 921
10	Indonesian (id) Asal-usul burung		28 779

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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 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Origin of birds		10 183
2	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		1 607
3	Japanese (ja) 鳥類の起源		920
4	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		916
5	Simple English (simple) Origin of birds		776
6	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		484
7	Swedish (sv) Fåglarnas uppkomst och utveckling		389
8	Danish (da) Fuglenes oprindelse		197
9	Dutch (nl) Oorsprong van de vogels		184
10	Arabic (ar) أصل الطيور		133

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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		273
2	Dutch (nl) Oorsprong van de vogels		91
3	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		56
4	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		46
5	Hungarian (hu) Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat		39
6	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		23
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 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Origen de las aves		3
2	English (en) Origin of birds		2
3	Galician (gl) Orixe das aves		1
4	Hungarian (hu) Dinoszaurusz–madár kapcsolat		1
5	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		1
6	Simple English (simple) Origin of birds		1
7	Arabic (ar) أصل الطيور		0
8	Catalan (ca) Origen dels ocells		0
9	Danish (da) Fuglenes oprindelse		0
10	Persian (fa) خاستگاه پرندگان		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		521
2	Lithuanian (lt) Paukščių kilmė		341
3	Arabic (ar) أصل الطيور		310
4	Turkish (tr) Kuşların kökeni		267
5	Portuguese (pt) Origem das aves		198
6	Catalan (ca) Origen dels ocells		176
7	Russian (ru) Происхождение птиц		155
8	Persian (fa) خاستگاه پرندگان		122
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

English: #42390 06.2015

Global: #57032 06.2015

Best Rank

English: #13259 04.2020

Global: #21262 03.2009

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