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Some recent scholars{{Who|date=September 2017}} have compared the legendary roc with the [[Haast's eagle]], of [[New Zealand]]. {{convert|1.4|m|abbr=on}} long with a {{convert|3|m|abbr=on|adj=on}} wingspan, it became extinct around the 15th century, but probably inspired the [[Māori mythology|Māori legend]] of ''Te Hokioi'' or ''[[Hakawai (mythology)|Te Hakawai]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nzbirds.com/birds/haasteagle.html|title=New Zealand Birds|access-date=2010-07-09}}</ref> This was said to be a colorful huge bird which (in some versions of the legend) had occasionally descended to Earth to carry off humans to eat, but generally lived in the clouds unseen. Only its cry, after which it was named, could be heard. Indeed, the ''hokioi'' seems to be a composite mythical beast inspired by actual animals, just like the roc appears to have been. In the 1980s, it was found<ref>Miskelly (1987), Galbreath & Miskelly (1988)</ref> that male ''[[Coenocorypha]]'' snipes, tiny [[nocturnal]] [[wader]]s, produce an unexpectedly loud [[Drumming (snipe)|roaring sound]] with their tails during mating flights. The supposed coloration of the ''hokioi'' is not matched by any known bird, and generally would be extremely unusual for a bird of prey. Thus, as it seems likely that the ''hokioi'' was the eerie "drumming" of the snipes, explained with the ancestor's tales about the giant eagles which they still knew from living memory.