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Traditionally finders and retrievers of waterfowl, barbets - like some other breeds around the globe - dwindled during the world wars, but fanciers eventually built their numbers back up.

On that absurdly beautiful day, as a man’s body hung from a deodar, the sky was a gaudy blue and the morning symphony of thrushes and barbets was on.

There were also pigeons, fruit doves, fairy bluebirds, barbets, and parrots.

The Taiwan barbet is known in Chinese as the “five-colored bird” for its green, red, yellow, blue and black plumage.

We were amazed when we came across a group of them — and also wild red jungle fowl, a green dove, a green barbet and many other wonderful animals.