10 World's Fastest Birds

10 World's Fastest Birds

1. Spine-tailed swift, or so-called White-throated Needletail (scientific name: Hirundapus caudacutus), maximum velocity = 171 km / hr. 

2. Frigate bird, maximum velocity = 153 km / hr. 


3. Spur-winged goose, maximum velocity = 142 km / hr. 


4. Red-breasted merganser, maximum velocity = 129 km / hr. 


5. White-rumped swift, maximum velocity = 124 km / hr. 


6. Canvasback duck, maximum velocity = 116 km / hr. 


7. Eider duck, maximum velocity = 113 km / hr. 


8. Teal, maximum velocity = 109 km / hr. 


9. Mallard, maximum velocity = 105 km / hr. 


10. Pintail, maximum velocity = 105 km / hr. 


Source: kaskus.us