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High-speed wings Eurasian hobby: Falco subbuteo: Falconidae [14] 159 km/h 99 mph Can sometimes outfly the swift as it eats them and catches them on the wing. Frigatebird: Fregata: Fregatidae [15] 153 km/h 95 mph Slow gliding/soaring high aspect ratio Spur-winged goose: Plectropterus gambensis: Anatidae [16] 143 km/h 89 mph High-speed wings Red ...
A bearded vulture flying over Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy Bearded vulture on the rocks in Gran Paradiso National Park. The bearded vulture is a scavenger, feeding mostly on the remains of dead animals. Its diet comprises mammals (93%), birds (6%) and reptiles (1%), with medium-sized ungulates forming a large part of the diet. [35]
Golden eagle: 240–320 km/h (150–200 mph) [47] In full stoop, a golden eagle can reach spectacular speeds of up to 240 to 320 km/h (150 to 200 mph) when diving after prey. Although less agile and maneuverable, the golden eagle is apparently quite the equal and possibly even the superior of the peregrine falcon's stooping and gliding speed.
Birds of prey Montage of extant predatory birds. From top left to right: Eurasian eagle-owl, king vulture, peregrine falcon, golden eagle and bearded vulture Scientific classification
Bearded vulture: Gypaetus barbatus: Accipitridae: 7,300 metres (24,000 feet). [1] Black Kite: Milvus migrans: Accipitridae: 6,500 (21,300 feet) [6] The black kite can reach an altitude of around 37,000 feet especially during their migratory flight to and from West Africa in the second week of September and the last week of May annually ...
[63] [64] [65] Cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) and bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) are the only larger rational birds that a Steller's sea eagle may encounter in the wild. In other cases, the three eagle species have been observed to feed in close proximity and seem to be outwardly indifferent to each other's presence.
A typical, unhurried soaring speed in golden eagles is around 45–52 kilometres per hour (28–32 mph). [51] When hunting or displaying, the golden eagle can glide very fast, reaching speeds of up to 190 kilometres per hour (120 mph).
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus Aquila. Most of the 68 species of eagles are from Eurasia and Africa. [1]