Talk:Marahute/Gallery/@comment-5543932-20170131013506/@comment-998602-20171218132847

A Haast Eagle was the inspiration for her design, but in the film they call her a 'Great Golden Eagle' and based on this picture, a Haast Eagle is no way capable of carrying a human on their back.

Basically, they just made up a new Bird of prey that was big enough to carry a human and had characteristics from other birds of prey like the Bald, Golden and Wedge-Tailed Eagles.