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The Peregrine Falcon also known as the duck hawk in North America is world's most widespread raptor.
The peregrine achieves its highest velocity not in horizontal level flight, but during its characteristic hunting stoop, vertical flight. While stooping, the peregrine falcon soars to a great height, then dives steeply at speeds of over 320 km per hour or 200 mph.
Assuming the maximum size at 58 cm, its relative speed clocks at 186 body lengths per second during its hunting swoop, the equivalent of a human running at 170 meter per seconds or 560 feet per second.
it is estimated that it takes the falcon around six to eight seconds to reach its top speed of over 240 miles per hour or 386 kilometers per hour, from a starting point of around 3000 feet or 900 meters.
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