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flock

group of birds conducting flocking behavior in the midst of flight, or while foraging or roosting
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flock

Summary

flock ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (294 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • flock is a type of behavioral group of animals[2].
  • flock's Commons category is recorded as Flocks of birds[3].
  • flock's partially coincident with is recorded as pack[4].
  • flock's has characteristic is recorded as flocking[5].
  • flock's has part is recorded as bird[6].

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Definition and Type

flock is a type of behavioral group of animals[2].

Why It Matters

flock ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (294 views/month).[1] flock has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] flock is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). flock. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/flock
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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has characteristic → flocking
    Has part(s) of the class → bird
    Partially coincident with → pack
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536030305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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