"The flight feathers of a mountain hawk-eagle have a row of triangles very similar to the pattern of the 100-pace viper," says Wang Ke-hsiao, former president the Tainan Wild Bird Society. Thus for the Paiwan and Rukai, who venerate the 100-pacer as an ancestral spirit and guardian spirit, the hawk-eagle has always been a symbol of heroism.
「熊鷹因為飛羽上有成串的三角形斑紋，與百步蛇的三角形圖案相似，」台東縣野鳥學會前會長王克孝指出，在奉百步蛇為祖靈或守護神的排灣及魯凱人眼中，熊鷹一直是英雄的象徵。