The pouakai or poukai is a giant bird of prey in Māori mythology. Pouakai is a massive bird that is able to kill and eat humans. The myth may refer to the real but now extinct Haast's eagle: the largest known eagle species. It was able to kill an adult giant moa, an extinct flightless bird, weighing up to 230 kilograms (510 lb), and which had the capability to kill even an adult human.