List of the top 10 fastest birds in the world

When we think or test who is the fastest animal in the world? At first, we think of only one animal and that is the cheetah. The water part, sky part, land part inside these 3 parts undoubtedly, the cheetah is the fastest animal on the ground, but the water part and sky part have some birds and fish who are the fastest more than a cheetah.

10 fastest birds in the world

The cheetah can reach a maximum speed of 96 km/h in less than 3 seconds on the ground. Besides the cheetah, there is someone in the sky who can reach 389 km/h which signifies this bird is the fastest bird in the world.

An animal can hold its maximum speed for only a few seconds. The flight speed of birds can be measured in many ways, level flight and diving flight. Level flight is measured, depending on how fast the bird can fly in a certain straight line, and diving flight is measured when birds plunge down to kill their prey.

This is a list of the 10 fastest birds in the world according to the data filtered from Wikipedia is written below.

Peregrine falcon
Saker falcon
Golden eagle
Grey-headed albatross
Gyrfalcon
White-throated needletail
Common swift
Eurasian hobby
Frigatebird
Spur-winged goose

Birds are the fastest animals on earth. No doubt about is birds are the descendent of the dinosaurs and have better hands that can evolve into wings that can fly with incredible speed and stamina.

Fastest birds in the world

1. Peregrine Falcon

The Peregrine Falcon is one of the fastest birds in the world

The peregrine falcon is breathtakingly fastest. In normal horizontal level flight, it can reach an average speed of 40 to 50 mph, and when in the chase, it can fly as fast as 68 mph. Even more impressive is when it's on the hunt; it can dive towards prey at speeds over 242 mph making it the fastest bird in the world and in fact the fastest animal on Earth.

The American peregrine falcon is a stunning creature in flight. Its pointed, sleek wings have an average span of 40 inches. Its body and crown are dark blue-grey with a contrasting white or buff underside marked with short, black bars.

2. Saker falcon

The Saker falcons can reach speeds of 120 to 150 km/h and suddenly swoop down on their prey

A large and powerful falcon species is the Saker falcon. Saker falcon is found in forest and semi-desert areas in central Asia and eastern Europe. The maximum horizontal speed of this bard is 150 kmh ( 93 mph ) and airspeed 320kph ( 200 mph ) which makes him the second-fastest bird in the world.

3. Golden eagle

The Golden eagles are the largest hunting birds in North America

The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. They are one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere.

The golden eagle birds are dark brown, with lighter golden-brown plumage on their napes. Immature eagles of this species typically have white on the tail and often have white markings on the wings. Golden eagles use their agility and speed combined with powerful feet and massive, sharp talons to snatch up a variety of prey, mainly hares, rabbits, and marmots, and other ground squirrels. Golden eagles maintain home ranges or territories that may be as large as 200 km2 (77 sq mi).

4.Grey-headed albatross