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The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives. [ 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 ...
[5] [6] [7] According to a National Geographic TV program, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is 389 km/h (242 mph). [ 8 ] [ 9 ] However, radar tracks have never confirmed this, the maximum speed reliably measured is 184 km/h (114 mph), but nobody has been able to present unimpeachable measurements of speeds even close to the ...
Maximum speed Class Notes 1 Peregrine falcon: 389 km/h (242 mph) 108 m/s (354 ft/s) [1] [7] Flight-diving The peregrine falcon is the fastest aerial animal, fastest animal in flight, fastest bird, and the overall fastest member of the animal kingdom. The peregrine falcon achieves its highest velocity not in horizontal level flight, but during ...
A peregrine falcon hatched in 2023 in Port Washington was found in December in Nicaragua, after a journey of more than 2,000 miles.
The fastest animal in flapping horizontal flight may be the Mexican free-tailed bat, said to attain about 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph) based on ground speed by an aircraft tracking device; [24] that measurement does not separate any contribution from wind speed, so the observations could be caused by strong tailwinds. [25] Slowest.
Four peregrine falcons have hatched in their nest box atop the Superman Building, according to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. The Audubon Society has a webcam that enables people to watch ...
The word perilanner is a falconer's term for a hybrid between a peregrine falcon and a lanner falcon. [1] It is larger and faster than a lanner, but does not fly as far as a peregrine and thus is less likely to fly far away and become lost. As a rule, the peregrine is the father and the lanner is the mother.
A large falcon, it preys on birds and bats. [2] Most likely either the lanner or peregrine falcon was the sacred species of falcon to the ancient Egyptians, [3] and some ancient Egyptian deities, like Ra and Horus, were often represented as a man with the head of a lanner falcon.