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Formosa Forevermore

"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.

03:42
Wild Birds: Swinhoe's Pheasant
In 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
03:04
Wild Birds: Mikado Pheasant
This 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
03:34
Wild Birds: Pheasant-Tailed Jacana
In 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
03:40
Wild Birds: Winter and Summer Migrant Birds
October 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
03:38
Wild Birds: Bird Bath
All 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
03:32
Wild Birds: Crested Goshawk
It 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
03:49
Wild Birds: Mountain Hawk-Eagle
This 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
03:23
Wild Birds: White-Eared Sibia and Steere’s
This 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