- Where to see one
- 4 U.S. zoos in our directory hold ring-necked duck, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the ring-necked duck
The ring-necked duck is a small to medium-sized diving duck from North America, commonly found on freshwater ponds and lakes. The adult male has a shiny black angular head, black back, white breast, yellow eyes and a gray bill crossed by two white rings. The female is grayish brown with a dark bill. It breeds on wooded lakes and ponds in the northern United States and Canada, chiefly in the northwestern boreal forest, and winters in the south of the continent. It feeds by diving or dabbling at the surface, eating plants such as pondweed, along with snails and, for ducklings, insects.
Ring-necked Duck facts
- The cinnamon neck ring is hard to see, so the bird is sometimes called the ringbill.
- A female lays one egg per day until she has 8 to 10 eggs.
- It is a rare but regular vagrant to western Europe, including Britain and Ireland.
- Pairs stay together only for reproduction and separate afterward.
Where to see ring-necked duck in the U.S.
4 zoos across 4 states
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Connecticut· 1
Maryland· 1
New York· 1
Oregon· 1
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