Ring-necked Duck

(Aythya collaris)

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

NatureServe

N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding

SNRB, SNRM - Unranked Breeding and Migrant

Minnesota

not listed

 
 
Description

 

 

Size

14 to 18 in length

25 wingspan

 

Voice

 

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Habitat

Reservoirs, shallow ponds, swamps, marshes, sloughs

Ecology

Migration

Early March to late May and mid-September to early December

 

Nesting

 

 

Food

 

Distribution

Occurrence

Common migrant and breeder

Over 100,000 Ring-necked Ducks descend on Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge during migration each fall.

 

Maps

The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map

Taxonomy

Class

Aves (birds)

Order

Anseriformes (waterfowl)

Family

Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)

Subfamily

Anatinae (dabbling ducks)

Genus

Aythya (scaups, pochards, and allies)

   

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Aythya collaris
wetvideocamera

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Published on Nov 23, 2013

Ring-necked Duck at Hasyings Park Sanctuary . February 2, 2013

Ring-necked duck preening.
Frank Blangeard

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Published on Dec 29, 2012

Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris) seen in Hillsboro, Oregon. As it preens the brown ring on the neck from which it gets its' name can be seen. Taken with a Sony DSC-HX200V.

Ring-necked Duck (Anatidae: Aythya collaris) Male and Female
Carl Barrentine

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Uploaded on May 24, 2011

Photographed at Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (24 May 2011).

Ring-necked Ducks
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Uploaded on Mar 10, 2011

A flock of Ring-necked ducks hung around the Palace Lagoon at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

 

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