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I mean just looking at numbers is almost pointless. Cats usually live near cities or rural population centres and take out small/tiny birds. I doubt many care about a cat taking out a pidgeon or common sparrow/finch, there is already an overpopulation problem of these birds in cities thanks to a lack of natural predators.
The main problem with cats is when they end up in the native habitats of endangered small birds, which can lead to massive consequences, including extinction of the already endangered small birds. That's the big problem with outdoor cats, when they end up in those situations outside of major population centres, where they can inflict serious damage on biodiversity and ecosystems.
The problem with wind turbines with birds, is that they can be placed far from civilisation and take out large apex predator or scavenger birds, many of which are endangered. As well as the potential habitat loss of building a wind farm in a certain area. The article even mentions that.