Matsu is just off the coast of Fujian, as is the island of Kinmen, but unlike Kinmen it has no wetlands, and therefore has a different set of bird species-both resident and migratory-from that island.
馬祖缺乏河川、湖泊、沼澤等溼地，與金門同在福建沿海，但不論留鳥、過境鳥、或冬候鳥都和金門的溼地型不同，以森林性及開闊地鳥種為多，如黑尾鷗、鳳頭燕鷗、白眉燕鷗、紅燕鷗等等近十種。