White Throated Needletail

The white-throated needletail, commonly known as the needle-tailed or spine-tailed swift, is a big swift belonging to the Hirundapus genus. In horizontal flight, it is said to achieve speeds of up to 170 km/h (105 mph), but this is unproven because the methods used to estimate its speed have not been disclosed.

They make their nests in cliff rock cracks or hollow trees. They prefer not to sit on the ground and prefer to spend the most of their time in the air. Beetles, flies, bees, and moths are among the little flying creatures they eat.

The white-throated needletail is a migratory bird that winters in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. It breeds in Central Asia and southern Siberia. It is a rare vagrant in Western Europe, with records from Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. After 22 years, a person was found in the United Kingdom in June of 2013. It died after colliding with a wind turbine; its body was eventually donated to a museum.

Speed: 105mph