Haast’s eagle-New Zealand giant eagle

--- English --- Giant eagles not the stuff of legend. The Haast eagle, (Harpogornis moorei) the largest, most powerful, eagle the world has known, the females weighing as much as 13-15 kilograms, with wings spanning almost three metres and its talons (claws) were about long. Images of Haast’s eagle are found in rock paintings drawn in the 13th and 14th century. Haast’s eagle has been known to science since 1871, (Frederick Fuller- Johann Franz Julio Haast. Cantorbery), but until recently virtually no