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|[[Peregrine Falcon]]
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|[[Swift]]
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|Apodidae<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/576993/swift Science & Technology: Animalia - ''Swift'']</ref>
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|[[Frigatebird]]
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|''Fregata''
|''Fregata''
|Fregatidae<ref>Animal Corner ; Sea Birds [http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/galapagos/gtfrigatebird.html ''Frigate Bird'' ]Galapagos Sea Birds - ''The Great Frigate Bird and the Magnificent Frigate Bird''</ref>
|Fregatidae<ref>Animal Corner ; Sea Birds [http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/galapagos/gtfrigatebird.html ''Frigate Bird'' ]Galapagos Sea Birds - ''The Great Frigate Bird and the Magnificent Frigate Bird''</ref>
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|[[Spur-winged Goose]]
|[[Spur-winged Goose]]
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|''Plectropterus''
|''Plectropterus''
|[[Anatidae]]<ref>Free find [http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/goose-sw.htm ''Spur-Winged Goose'']Plectropterus gambensis - Kenya Birds</ref>
|[[Anatidae]]<ref>Free find [http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/goose-sw.htm ''Spur-Winged Goose'']Plectropterus gambensis - Kenya Birds</ref>
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|[[Red-breasted Merganser]]
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|''Mergus serrator''
|''Mergus serrator''
|[[Anatidae]]<ref>The cornell lab of Ornithology - Cornell University [http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/red-breasted_merganser/id Bird Guide - ''Red-breasted Merganser'']</ref>
|[[Anatidae]]<ref>The cornell lab of Ornithology - Cornell University [http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/red-breasted_merganser/id Bird Guide - ''Red-breasted Merganser'']</ref>

Revision as of 11:39, 25 March 2011

Falco peregrinus has pointed long wings making it a heavy wing loading and rapid wingbeats provide an energetically expensive high speed.

The fastest flyer in the world is Peregrine Falcon[1][2], this bird[3] dive through the air reaching at a speed of fastest racer in the Indiana polis 500, the speed of 175 miles (282 Km) per hour making it the powerful flyer in the world. The male peregrine is smaller than the female ranging only one-third, yet these families of birds’ are formidable hunters that prey on other birds (and bats) in mid-flight and can kill it instantly with their sharp claws.


The list

Bird Image Species Family Speed in miles/Hr Speed in kilometer/Hr Flight
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Falconidae 175 mi 282 km High speed flight - Pointed Long Wings
Swift Apus apus Apodidae[4] 106 mi 171 km High speed wings
Frigatebird Fregata Fregatidae[5] 95 mi 153 km Slow gliding/soaring high aspect ratio
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus Anatidae[6] 88 mi 142 lm High speed wings
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Anatidae[7] 80 mi 129 km High aspect ratio wings

See also

References

  1. ^ The cornell lab of Ornithology - Cornell University Bird Guide - Peregrine Falcon
  2. ^ NatGeo:Animals Facts - Falco peregrinus
  3. ^ Enchanted Learning All About Birds - Peregrine Falcon:Anatomy:Diet:
  4. ^ Science & Technology: Animalia - Swift
  5. ^ Animal Corner ; Sea Birds Frigate Bird Galapagos Sea Birds - The Great Frigate Bird and the Magnificent Frigate Bird
  6. ^ Free find Spur-Winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis - Kenya Birds
  7. ^ The cornell lab of Ornithology - Cornell University Bird Guide - Red-breasted Merganser
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