What is the best bird of prey?

Speed records, crushing grip, and a wingspan you can measure in doorways. Ranked against each other, the arguments get personal.

1. 1
   Peregrine Falcon

   The fastest animal on Earth, hitting over 200 mph in a hunting stoop.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Harpy Eagle

   A rainforest giant with talons the size of a grizzly bear's claws.
   700pts
3. 3
   Barn Owl

   A near-silent night hunter with the most acute directional hearing ever tested in an animal.
   625pts
4. 4
   Osprey

   A specialist fish hawk that plunges feet-first and catches fish on most attempts.
   577pts
5. 5
   Philippine Eagle

   A critically endangered forest eagle and one of the largest raptors alive.
   566pts
6. 6
   Steller's Sea Eagle

   The heaviest eagle in the world, breeding on the Russian Far East coast.
   566pts
7. 7
   Golden Eagle

   A powerful mountain eagle used in falconry for centuries across Eurasia.
   500pts
8. 8
   Red-tailed Hawk

   The common North American hawk whose scream is dubbed over eagles in films.
   423pts
9. 9
   Bearded Vulture

   A mountain scavenger that drops bones from height to get at the marrow.
   423pts
10. 10
    Snowy Owl

    An Arctic owl that hunts in daylight across open tundra.
    423pts
11. 11
    Secretarybird

    A long-legged African raptor that kills snakes by stamping on them.
    333pts
12. 12
    Bald Eagle

    North America's fish-hunting sea eagle and the official national bird of the United States.
    227pts
13. 13
    Andean Condor

    A vulture with a three-metre wingspan that rides mountain thermals for hours.
    227pts
14. 14
    Great Horned Owl

    A nocturnal ambush hunter found from Alaska to Patagonia.
    227pts
15. 15
    Gyrfalcon

    The largest falcon, a high-Arctic hunter long prized by royal falconers.
    100pts