It is common to see fortune telling using Japanese sparrows in night stalls in Taiwan even now, but it is unclear whether was imported from Japan when Taiwan was a Japanese colony or whether it was originally Taiwanese.
台湾では現在でも夜市などで文鳥占いを一般的に見る事が出来るが、日本統治時代に伝わった物か元々台湾が起源なのかは定かでない。