Top 10 Fastest Animals In The World
1. Peregrine Falcon, 242 mph
Peregrine Falcons are fastest moving species on planet Earth. They can gain incredible top speed of 242 mph in flight.
Peregrine Falcons can live in all regions except Antarctica. They have long tails and point sharped long wings which helps faster movement in air. Peregrine Falcon also have good eye sight, can easily sense it’s preys from great heights.
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Peregrine Falcons used to make nests in high cliffs and skyscrapers mainly near ocean regions. They used to have small ocean birds in their diet. Also in each year Peregrine Falcons made several thousands of mile length migration from one continent to other.
The peregrine falcon, also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. As is typical of bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, females being considerably larger than males. The peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h during its characteristic hunting stoop, making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a National Geographic TV programme, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is 389 km/h.
The peregrine’s breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the tropics. It can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, except extreme polar regions, very high mountains, and most tropical rainforests; the only major ice-free landmass from which it is entirely absent is New Zealand. This makes it the world’s most widespread raptor and one of the most widely found bird species.
In fact, the only land-based bird species found over a larger geographic area is not always naturally occurring but one widely introduced by humans, the rock pigeon, which in turn now supports many peregrine populations as a prey species. Both the English and scientific names of this species mean «wandering falcon», referring to the migratory habits of many northern populations.