Its diving speed during flight is more than 300 km (186 miles) per hour, making it not only the world’s fastest bird but also the world’s fastest animal.
With modern tech and ingenuity yes ... much much faster.
But a naked human .... fastest recorded running speed is 44.7 kph (27.7 mph) .... but in flight, or free fall can reach a stabilized controlled terminal velocity of 193 kph (120 mph) and a maximum controlled streamlined terminal velocity of 500 kph (310 mph)
They will too! My neighborhood murder is enormous, and they keep the airspace clear of bald eagles. If an eagle ever dares enter our neighborhood, the crows flock out of the trees by the hundreds and chase that motherfucker off, cawing all the way. When they're done, they all return to the trees and caw for a good half hour afterwards. My guess is they're talking about how bad ass they are.
The real trick is that these Falcons exceed their terminal velocity in those dives. So not just falling but falling with added power and a hell of a lot of style!
In that case Felix Baumgartner is the fastest human being.
With a top speed of 843.6 mike's per hour.
Ussain Bolt and suck it.
Edit: if the autocorrect mistake is funny, just leave tit as tit is.
I hate that. In France we have Question Pour Un Champion (questions for a winner) where the host gives a definition and ends with “I am..” and the contestant would say “a cheetah”
One of the craziest interactions I have seen was when a Peregrine Falcon attacked a Canada Goose in flight. We were watching the goose fly up canyon and the peregrine must have thought it was too close to its nest or something. Only time I've heard a goose make a sound like that!!
To be faaaair, the cheetah reaches 100+ km/h on it's own merits, the dumb falcon just falls really fast
If you drop a whale from space it will probably beat that speed record while falling, the falcon doesn't get extra credit just because he can get up there and survive without help
I had a pretty cool encounter with one about 6-7 years ago, I was on a driving holiday and we were cruising throught the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park doing about 90-100km and one of these guys just casually comes up to my window, so close I could have grabbed it. It must have picked some drag effect off the van like a wake in the air or something and it was just gliding next to us with the occasional flap for a good 5 minutes until there was an incoming car and it ducked out