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The Fastest Birds In The World The Peregrine Falcon, a bird of prey, is the fastest bird in the world and can fly at a maximum speed of 389 kilometers per hour. A Peregrine Falcon swooping downward in mid-flight. Birds are unique in the animal kingdom.
Bird: The peregrine falcon is the fastest aerial animal, fastest animal in flight, fastest bird, and the overall fastest member of the animal kingdom. The peregrine achieves its highest velocity not in horizontal level flight, but during its characteristic hunting stoop.