This gigantic eagle that lived for aproximately 20 years, in pairs.
It occupied during the Holocene dry eastern forests, scrublands and grassland on river floodplains later, during the Otiran Glaciations (20.000-14.000 years ago).
It weighted between 10-13kg and, in large females its wings measured up to 2.6m.
The males were smaller than the females.
The Haast’s eagle was found all over South Island during the Pleistocene.
Māori killed it and used its bones to make tools and, according to their legends, Pouakai ate Moa and humans too!
