I've heard stories of Swift Parrots decapitating themselves on tennis court
fences. Not sure if that's just anecdote or true story but they are
certainly fast when you see them.
Cheers,
Chris
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Mick Roderick <>
wrote:
> Swift Parrots have often been called the "fasting flying parrot in the
> world" or "world's fastest parrot" in the media, e.g.:
> https://gorcc.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/worlds-swiftest-parrot-visits-coast/
> I have no idea where the claims come from though.
> HANZAB describes the flight as "exceedingly fast". Indeed, this can be to
> their undoing at times....
> Mick
>
>
>
> From: Philip Veerman <>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, 25 February 2016, 10:50
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Parrots in Flight. Who's Fastest?
>
> Most of the references to how fast the Peregrine Falcon flies are about its
> stoops (not horizontal ground travel speed), so presumably close to zero
> speed relative to horizontal ground travel (which is the only thing you can
> test by driving), although they are also very fast in level flight if they
> want to be.
>
> Even the not so fast Galahs can do up to about 80 km/h using the car
> tracking method mentioned (I have done that). Of course wind speed can be a
> contributing factor.
>
> Philip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf
> Of
> Peter Pfeiffer
> Sent: Thursday, 25 February 2016 9:06 AM
> To: Barney Enders
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Parrots in Flight. Who's Fastest?
>
>
>
> There are many references to how fast the Peregrine Falcon flies so there
> must be some way of measuring the speed birds fly that is a lot safer than
> steering with ones knees Ha Ha.
> Barney.
>
> Hi Barney,
>
> Your reference to Peregrines reminded me of a sighting I had a few years
> back.
>
> I was out walking in Happy Valley SA when I ducked as what sounded like a
> jet engine went screaming past about a metre or so above my head.
> I turned to see two Rainbow lorikeets going ' flat knacker ' ducking and
> weaving as a Peregrine falcon was in hot pursuit with wings folded close to
> it's body.
> They nearly took my head off.
> They were out of sight in a second or so.
>
> Something I will never forget. Fantastic!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf
> Of
> Donald G. Kimball
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2016 2:07 PM
> To: birding-aus
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Parrots in Flight. Who's Fastest?
>
> Okay forgive me if I return to being a 10 year old boy and wanting to know
> a
> question like this one but having spent so much time watching and filming
> parrots I can't help but wonder. Okay here are my impressions. It seems
> like Rainbow Lorikeets are crazy fast. But having said that, I watched 2
> Princess near Jupiter Well in 2008 that flew about 500m in about 4 seconds
> to a nearby She-Oak. Which begs the question also. Are Princess faster
> than other parrots? An internet acquaintance swore his free-flying pet
> Princess was the fastest parrot in all of Aus. I guess the only way we
> might know is if folks on here have noticed parrot species flying parrallel
> with their cars and took note of the speed.
>
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