"Formosa Forevermore" is a documentary series that uses the beauty of wild birds and starry skies, paired with unique traditional songs, to engage international audiences. It tells stories that belong to Taiwan, guiding viewers from home and abroad to experience Taiwan’s ecology and environment.
03:42In the morning’s bamboo forest, Taiwan’s most beautiful bird — a Swinhoe’s pheasant (藍腹鷳) — appears gracefully. The male bird’s splendor not only shines through its sapphire feat
03:04This pair of Mikado pheasants (帝雉) on the 1,000 New Taiwan Dollar bill is considered the most famous and symbolic bird species in Taiwan. This is because they made their name wit
03:34In spring, a wedding is about to commence at a wetland in Taiwan. The bride and groom are a pair of pheasant-tailed jacanas (水雉). Per the birds’ tradition, the lady stands on the
03:40October marks the season for migratory birdwatching. At dusk, the grey-faced buzzards that have flown from the north arrive in the sky above Taiwan’s southernmost valley, ready t
03:38All birds love taking baths, and any little water hole by a river can become a bath for small birds. The Taiwan yuhina, for one, likes to bathe here together, and their social na
03:32It is a predatory bird most adapted to Taiwan’s urban life — the crested goshawk (鳳頭蒼鷹). Not just in the sense of passing by, or taking a quick tour, but rather being born, growi
03:49This is the first flight of a young mountain hawk-eagle (熊鷹). In the future, it will become the king of Taiwan’s forests and skies. Just two months ago, it was still a fuzzy chic
03:23This is Taiwan’s endemic bird species — the Taiwan barwing. The red berries on which it feeds are also endemic to Taiwan, the Viburnum plicatum. Many other endemic birds in Taiwa
03:10Who is so lucky, as to sleep under the stars? This is Linzhi Mountain in Yushan National Park Altitude: 2,500 meters; direction: facing south. Waiting for night to fall The targe
03:05The Yushan National Park includes large areas of Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range, and another famous site – the Couple Trees. Their name can be traced back to 1963, when a forest
03:05What does the starry sky look like from nearly 4,000 meters? If you ask astronomers, they will tell you you don’t need to climb so far! If you climb a smaller mountain, the stars
03:10Should a hand glider leap off Junda Mountain’s summit it would drift down to Dongpu Village! It takes eight hours to go on foot from the village back up the mountain. The differen
03:10In November, strong northeasterly monsoons rain down on Taiwan, bringing cold and gloomy weather to the island's north. It's not a great time to visit northern cities like Taipei,
03:05What does a sea of clouds look like under the moonlight? This was taken one day in May, when fair skies were forecast, and the date fell between a crescent moon and a first-quart
03:09Kenting is the southernmost part of Taiwan, with an atmosphere akin to Thailand’s Pattaya or Indonesia’s Bali. Kenting’s seashore is a favorite of tourists, who come to dine, dri
03:10How do you find the right place to see the Southern Cross in Penghu, an archipelago in the Taiwan Strait? Penghu has 19 inhabited islands; they are devoid of light pollution. And t