What's the fastest bird?

But first, some background: The Peregrine Falcon is indisputably the fastest animal
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The fastest land animal is the cheetah. The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird, and the fastest member of the animal kingdom, with a diving speed of 389 km/h (242 mph). Among the fastest animals in the sea is the black marlin, with uncertain and conflicting reports of recorded speeds.
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in the sky. It has been measured at speeds above 83.3 m/s (186 mph), but only when stooping, or diving.
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Is a hawk faster than an eagle?

How fast can hawks and eagles fly? Hawks and eagles can both reach incredible speeds, especially during a dive. Red-tailed hawks can reach up to 120 miles per hour, while golden eagles can reach speeds of 150 to 200 miles per hour.
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What is the strongest bird?

The condors (species of vultures) and the eagles are the largest and strongest members of this group, and they are among the largest and strongest of all living birds.
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Which bird can not fly?

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica. No list of flightless birds would be complete without the penguin. All 18 species of penguin are unable to fly, and are in fact better built for swimming and diving, which they spend the majority of their time doing.
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What is the slowest flying bird?

The world's slowest flying bird is the American woodcock. At top speed it can move at 5 mph! 3. A vulture once collided with a jetliner over West Africa.
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Which bird can fly the highest?

The world's highest flying bird is an Asian goose that can fly up and over the Himalaya in only about eight hours, a new study finds. The bar-headed goose is "very pretty, but I guess it doesn't look like a superathlete," said study co-author Lucy Hawkes, a biologist at Bangor University in the United Kingdom.
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What bird can fly for 5 years?

We now know that the wandering albatross only comes to dry land when it is time to breed. Once a chick leaves the nest, it may stay at sea for as long as five years. Albatrosses are long-lived birds, and can live to more than 60 years of age.
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Can flamingos fly?

Flamingos travel at approximately 35 miles per hour (mph) over short distances, but they can fly upwards of 40 mph during long-distance flights with supportive winds.
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Which bird can lift elephant?

The answer would be 'Rukh', otherwise called 'Roc'. It is a mythical being from the Arabian tales and folklore. It was supposed to be a huge eagle capable of carrying off elephants.
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Who is the smallest bird?

The Bee Hummingbird, which is found only in Cuba, is an absolute miniature, even among hummingbirds. It measures a mere two and a quarter inches long. Bee Hummingbirds are often mistaken for bees. They weigh less than two grams — less than a dime.
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Are Owls fast?

How fast do owls fly? They are very fast creatures, gracefully gliding through the air as fast as 40 miles per hour in the case of the Great Horned Owl (6).
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Which bird Cannot walk?

Hummingbirds cannot walk or hop, though they can use their feet to scoot sideways while perched. These birds have evolved smaller feet to be lighter for more efficient flying.
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Which bird has biggest eyes?

The largest eyes of any land animal are those of the ostrich Struthio camelus, native to Africa (in particular South Africa and eastern Africa) and formerly the Middle East too.
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Which bird lives in water?

Waterfowls (order Anseriformes, i.e. ducks, geese, swans, magpie geese, screamers) Grebes (order Podicipediformes) Loons (order Gaviiformes) Storks (order Ciconiiformes)
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Which bird does not hatch its own egg?

peacock is a male peafowl and hence it does not lay eggs and doe snot give birth to baby peacocks. Actually peahen which is female peafowl give birth to baby peacocks by laying eggs.
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Which bird does not hatch her own eggs?

cuckoos. … known is the habit of brood parasitism, found in all of the Cuculinae and three species of Phaenicophaeinae. It consists of laying the eggs singly in the nests of certain other bird species to be incubated by the foster parents, who rear the young cuckoo.
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Which bird has the longest beak?

Toco Toucan

This Amazon avian's famously colorful bill also happens to be the largest in the bird class—a whopping 7.5 inches long. Toucans use these enormous beaks to do many things- from reaching fruit on branches too small for them to perch on to engaging in a fruit toss as part of a mating ritual!
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What was the largest flightless bird ever?

Vorombe titan was the largest member of the Aepyornithidae, an extinct family of giant flightless birds, and was the largest bird that ever lived.
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Which is the fastest hawk?

The peregrine falcon is best known for its diving speed during flight—which can reach more than 300 km (186 miles) per hour—making it not only the world's fastest bird but also the world's fastest animal.
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How many birds would it take to lift a human?

Birds come in all sizes, and some have stronger wings than others. A tiny swallow can probably carry only about 1 ounce. If you weigh 60 pounds, you'd need 960 swallows to pick you up!
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Can a penguin fly?

No, technically penguins cannot fly.

Penguins are birds, so they do have wings. However, the wing structures of penguins are evolved for swimming, rather than flying in the traditional sense. Penguins swim underwater at speeds of up to 15 to 25 miles per hour .
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Can a chicken fly?

Chickens may have wings and fluffy feathers, but they're fairly dismal fliers, often going airborne for only a few yards before landing. The reason for their poor flight isn't as rhetorical as why they crossed the road.
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