One of the most fascinating creatures in the world of bird predators was the Haast's eagle. This enormous bird of prey has long been extinct for some 500 years and was undoubtedly the largest ...

"Many of our most iconic endemic birds that are found nowhere else on earth, like the Haast's eagle, kakī/black silt and fantails, are Ice Age arrivals." While the country's flora and fauna has ...

It had a large head, bill, legs, and talons. Its bill was up to 130 mm long, and its talons were up to 75 mm long ...