Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[1] [2] A close relative of the common swift, the white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), is commonly reported as the fastest bird in level flight with a reported top speed of 169 km/h (105 mph). This record remains unconfirmed as the measurement methods have never been published or verified.
This height was recorded over Nevada; [1] [4] [5] This record occurred when a Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop airliner operating a Western Airlines flight suffered a bird strike at cruising altitude. [8] Bar-tailed godwit: Limosa lapponica: Scolopacidae: 6,000 metres (20,000 feet) [5] [9] It can reach this height while migrating. White stork ...
Also called the whistling eagle or whistling hawk, [3] it is named for its loud whistling call, which it often gives in flight. Some authorities put this species in the genus Milvus , [ 4 ] despite marked differences in behaviour, voice and plumage between this species and other members of that genus.
Hawk in flight. With their broad wingspans and sharp talons, hawks are some of the most regal birds in the skies. ... Their majestic presence is a reminder you have untapped inner power to chart ...
The Accipitriformes (/ æ k ˌ s ɪ p ɪ t r ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z /; from Latin accipiter 'hawk' and formes 'having the form of') are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites, but not falcons.
Members of the "Buteogallus group" are also called hawks, with the exception of solitary eagle species. Buteo is the type genus of the subfamily Buteoninae. This subfamily traditionally includes eagles and sea-eagles, but Lerner and Mindell (2005) [ 8 ] proposed placing them into separate the subfamilies Aquilinae and Haliaaetinae.
The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia. The latter name is in reference to the naturalist, Brian Houghton Hodgson, who described the species after collecting one himself in the Himalayas. [4] A less widely recognized common English name is the feather-toed eagle. [5]
In flight, changeable hawk-eagles have distinctly short but broad wings with dark barring on flight feathers and a long tail. Changeable hawk-eagle group. N. c. cirrhatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) : The nominate subspecies is found in the peninsular India, from the Gangetic plain southwards throughout the remainder of the country. It is monomorphic in ...