White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
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About White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
- Family: Swifts
The white-throated needletail, also known as the needle-tailed swift or spine-tailed swift, is a large swift in the genus Hirundapus. It is reputed to reach speeds of up to 170 km/h in horizontal flight, but this is unverified because the methods used to measure its speed have not been published. Bourton, Jody. "Supercharged swifts fly fastest". BBC News. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
75 km/h is more likely, but this is still at least 100 times the bird's length per second “White-throated Needletail”. YouTube, uploaded by Gonebirding G & G. Dec. 23, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3aMkDJSY0g
Source: Wikipedia