Who says kiwis can't fly!

Robert & Snoopy are flown around the country by EAGLE AIR who provide this service in recognition of the very important Education roll the Robert takes on trying to ensure our National Icon - the Kiwi doesn't go the way other protected birds have, see more details below...

Haast's eagle, New Zealand giant eagle

Haast's eagle was the largest eagle ever to have lived and is the only eagle in the world ever to have been top predator of its ecosystem.

Statistics
Weight: approximately 10-13kg
Wingspan: up to 2.6m for a large female.
The legs were very strong but the wings relatively short.
Talons: up to 75mm long

How it Hunted
Research suggests that the bird was a forest eagle that waited on high branches for prey to pass by and swept down between trees at great speed to strike its prey. It was not an eagle that soared in thermal updrafts.

Picture and text from New Zealand’s Extinct Birds by Brian Gill and Paul Martinson.
Random Century NZ Ltd 1991

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