Frigate Bird

One of the fastest animals in the world, frigate birds, which belong to the Fregatidae family of seabirds, can be found in all tropical and subtropical waters. Fregata is the genus that contains all five extant species. All of them have mostly black plumage, long, forked tails, and long hooked beak. Males have a unique red gular pouch that they inflate during the breeding season to attract females, while females have white underbellies. Their long, pointed wings have the biggest wing area to body weight ratio of any bird, spanning up to 2.3 meters (7.5 feet).


Frigate birds spend much of the day in flight, looking for food, and roost at night on trees or cliffs, thanks to their ability to soar for weeks on wind currents. Fish and squid are their main prey, which they catch when large predators like tuna chase them to the water's surface. Frigate birds are regarded as kleptoparasites because they grab seabird babies from the nest and occasionally rob other seabirds for food.


Speed: 95mph

Source: eBird
Source: eBird
Source: 3 Minutes Nature

Top 10 Fastest Animals In The World

  1. top 1 Peregrine Falcon
  2. top 2 White Throated Needletail
  3. top 3 Frigate Bird
  4. top 4 Spur-Winged Goose
  5. top 5 Cheetah
  6. top 6 Sailfish
  7. top 7 Pronghorn Antelope
  8. top 8 Marlin
  9. top 9 Blue Wildebeest
  10. top 10 Brown Hare

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