Poukai
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The (also spelled ) is a monstrous bird in Māori mythology.
==Mythologies== In some of these legends, the Pouākai kills and eats humans. The myth may refer to the real but now extinct Haast's eagle: the largest known eagle species, which was able to kill an adult moa weighing up to , and which potentially had the capability to kill a person. thumb|Artist's depiction of a Pouākai
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