Haast's eagle

English Etymology Named after New Zealand explorer and geologist Julius von Haast, who described it scientifically in 1871. Noun An extinct giant eagle of New Zealand, †Hieraaetus moorei species, which preyed on moas. en 2012 Matt Kaplan The Science of Monsters Simon & Schuster (Charles Scribner's Sons Scribner) https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FeUPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA26&dq=%22Haast%27s+eagle%22%7C%22Haast%27s+eagles%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiomvPm6pr5AhUYJ7kGHZ8tBnIQ6AF6BAhWEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Haast's%20eagle%22%7C%22Haast's%20eagles%22&f=false 26 Haast's eagle lived on the island undisturbed until people arrived and started eating all the moas they could find. en 2015 Janine Rogers Eagle w:Reaktion Books https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rYgwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21&dq=%22Haast%27s+eagle%22%7C%22Haast%27s+eagles%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiomvPm6pr5AhUYJ7kGHZ8tBnIQ6AF6BAhYEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Haast's%20eagle%22%7C%22Haast's%20eagles%22&f=false 21 The moas were bigger than modern ostriches, so the fact that Haast's eagle was able to kill them (hitting them from the side and taking them down that way) is even more impressive. en December 11 2021 Christa Lesté-Lasserre The bird that was eagle and vulture w:New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/issue/3364 3364 23 To work out how the Haast’s eagle (Hieraaetus moorei) — which lived in New Zealand and weighed up to 15 kilograms — fed, Anneke van Heteren at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Germany and her colleagues created digital 3D models of specimens. Usage notes Formerly (until 2005) classified in the now obsolete genus †Harpagornis genus. Translations extinct giant eagle, Hieraaetus moorei German: de Haastadler m Italian: it aquila di Haast f Russian: ru орёл Ха́аста m en eponyms en Eagles