The Haast’s eagle preyed on large birds such as this moa – the shape and size of its beak matches damage inflicted on moa bones found in swamps. When attacking a moa, an eagle clung to it with its huge talons. The world's largest eagle, the Haast's eagle followed the moa, its main prey, into extinction.
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