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Swifts take fastest bird record
3 Mar 2010
The Common Swift has taken the title for the fastest bird recorded in level flight reaching speeds of 111.6km/h a report in the Journal of Avian Biology has reported. Other birds, such as the Peregrine Falcon, fly faster when in a dive, but the Swift is the fastest recorded flying under its own power.
