Haast's Eagle

Haast’s Eagle

The Haast's Eagle classification is the Harpagornis moorei.

It’s bill got to 130 millimetres, and its body was 1.4 metres. Its wingspan is 3 metres, the size of a small house. The males were smaller than the females, and its call was very loud and quite high-pitched. It had black feathers tinged with green and yellow, with a bunch of red feathers on its head.

The Haast’s Eagle lived in grasslands, forests, shrublands, and mountains. It would perch on ledges and giant tree branches while it waited for its prey. When it’s prey came near enough, it would dive from the high tree top or ledge of rocks and plummet down to the animal it was hunting and attack it. It would hunt animals much larger than itself.

The Haast’s Eagle’s diet included Giant Moa, ducks, and other birds. The Giant Moa was much larger than the Haast’s Eagle, but the giant eagle would still swoop down and attack it.