🏃 The 10 fastest animals on Peabody

The top ten

1. 🦅 Peregrine falcon · 200 mph322 km/h1divingdiving
2. 🐆 Cheetah · 60 to 70 mph96 to 112 km/h2runningrunning
3. 🐟 Sailfish · 68 mph109 km/h3swimming; more than, in short burstsswimming
4. 🐦 Ruby-throated hummingbird · 60 mph97 km/h4divingdiving
5. 🦌 Pronghorn · 55 mph89 km/h5runningrunning
6. 🦃 Wild turkey · 54 mph87 km/h6flyingflying
7. 🦆 Mallard · 51 mph83 km/h7flying; this is the MEDIAN speed of GPS-tracked mallards in migratory flight, not a top speedflying
8. 🐦 Ostrich · 43 mph69 km/h8runningrunning
9. 🦅 Bald eagle · 35 to 40 mph56 to 64 km/h9level flightflying
10. 🦋 Common green darner · 37 mph60 km/h10flying; dragonflies in generalflying

How this list is ranked

Ranked by the top of each animal's sourced top speed, however it moves.

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1. National Park Service, Denali and Yukon-Charley Rivers, checked 30 October 2026.
2. Smithsonian's National Zoo, Cheetah, checked 30 October 2026.
3. NOAA National Ocean Service, Ocean Facts feed ('What is the fastest fish in the ocean?'), checked 30 October 2026.
4. National Park Service, Northeast Temperate Network, checked 30 October 2026.
5. National Park Service, Badlands, checked 30 October 2026.
6. Smithsonian's National Zoo, checked 30 October 2026.
7. USGS, checked 30 October 2026.
8. Smithsonian's National Zoo, Ostrich, checked 30 October 2026.
9. National Park Service, Upper Delaware, checked 30 October 2026.
10. National Park Service, Species Spotlight: Dragonflies, checked 30 October 2026.