Why have I only just discovered this fantastic page?! 
That’s a rhetorical question by the way because If I don’t know the answer, I certainly can’t expect anyone else to!!! 
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I’m glad you found it and you like it! I am sorry it took so long.
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Thank you for creating it…
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There’s always one, isn’t there?! 
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The fastest bird in powered flight is the White-throated Needletail swift, reaching speeds of 170 kmph about 105 mph.
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…and in a stoop (dive) this is the fastest creature on the planet - the Peregrine Falcon. It can reach speeds in excess of 200mph…
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Are you peeking in my hard drive again.
Although, I read more than 240 mph. Did you mean steep?
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Well I did say in excess of 200mph so 240 counts (and yes I am familiar with that figure specifically in relation to this as well).
No not ‘steep’…a stoop is another name for a dive. It’s used as a falconry / ornithological term.
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