In the year 2000, Liang Chieh-teh, a maker of documentary films, shot a nature film about terns on Matsu, and he accidentally discovered some Chinese crested terns there. The species had only been sighted five times before, and many assumed it was extinct or described it as a "legendary bird."
千禧年，生態紀錄片導演梁皆得在馬祖拍攝燕鷗生態影片時，意外發現生態史上只有過五筆記錄、素有「神話之鳥」稱呼的黑嘴端鳳頭燕鷗。