“Peregrine falcon is the fastest aerial animal, fastest animal in flight, fastest bird and overall the fastest member of the animal kingdom.
It can be found at the Grow-Trees.com project at Sundarbans and the highest measured speed is 389 km/h or 242 mph according to a National Geographic programme.
It requires open space in order to hunt and therefore often hunts over open water, marshes, valleys, fields and tundra, searching for prey either from a high perch or from the air. At times, it is used to scare away birds at airports to reduce the risk of bird-plane strikes thereby improving air-traffic safety.”