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bird strike

collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a human-made vehicle (usually an aircraft)
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Summary

bird strike is an aviation safety incident cause[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of aviation safety incident cause entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,264 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: bird collision[3], wildlife–vehicle collision[4]
  • Commons category: Bird strikes[5]
  • Partially coincident with: jet engine ingestion[6]
  • Has effect: US Airways Flight 1549[7], Ural Airlines Flight 178[8], roadkill[9], foreign object damage[10]
  • Different from: Laniidae[11]
  • Related category: Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by bird strikes[12]
  • Handled, mitigated, or managed by: bird control[13]

Why It Matters

bird strike has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). bird strike. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bird-strike
MLA “bird strike.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/bird-strike.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bird-strike_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{bird strike}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bird-strike}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The independent topic id → bird-strikes
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'j
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The independent topic id: bird-strikes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214110193|bird strikes (#214110193)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7171|The Inde"
  2. 26d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → bird control
    Different from → Laniidae
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → bird collision, wildlife–vehicle collision
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: aircraft-bird-strikes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289912112|aircraft bird strikes (#289912112)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
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