Deadliest Birds On Earth
Australian Magpie The erratic flight patterns of Australian Magpie — which can target random people, pets, and even predators of the magpie — lead to thousands of injuries every year, and roughly one in five people who live in magpie territory during the swooping season will experience aggressive behavior from these deadliest birds on Earth.
Harpy Eagle In the rainforests of South America, few predators are as feared or effective as the harpy eagle. As the largest eagle in the Americas, it has an impressive wingspan of six and a half feet, and they’re unafraid of hunting down prey as large as sloths and monkeys as a result.
Lammergeier Lammergeier translates to “lamb vulture”, a reference to the fact that this enormous vulture was accused of flying off with both livestock and children in the sharp grip of their talons. And while their gruesome credentials may be hard to verify, we do know that the lammergeier is a scavenger.
Ostrich Ostriches have a strong data point to support their argument as the deadliest birds on the planet — at least five confirmed human deaths. Similar in physiology to the Cassowary, these birds call Africa home, and their strong legs and six-inch talons can kill a lion, disembowel a human, or even puncture the frame of a car.
Pitohui New Guinea‘s pitohui is the world’s only toxic bird, and, considering it’s one of the deadliest birds on Earth, that’s something we should probably all be grateful for. That’s because the toxin that their bodies produce — batrachotoxin — is the same employed by South America’s deadly poison dart frog.
Crowned Eagle Bird fatalities are rare, and even the most dangerous of birds rarely cause injuries unless they’re first provoked — but this deadliest bird on Earth known as the African crowned eagle could be the exception that proves the rule.
Southern Cassowary While there are quite a few birds worth being a little afraid of, there’s little argument that the Southern Cassowary deserves the distinction of the most dangerous bird on Earth. Despite being concentrated exclusively in Australia and having population numbers that put them on the endangered species list, this deadliest bird on Earth has made hundreds of attacks.