#0776 · 🐦 birds

Ring-necked Duck

🇳🇱 Ringsnaveleend ·Aythya collaris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Rick Leche · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © lonnyholmes · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Pierce Louderback · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Allan Claybon · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © uzun · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Mary Keim · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. JQQX+46M, Heerhugowaard, Holandia:© Maksymilian Wojtkiewicz · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 5283 Boxtel, Nederland:© johnvangestel · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Appingedam, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. FH25+XW, 2051 EC IJmuiden, Netherlands:© Katia Setrinen · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The ring-necked duck ( Aythya collaris ) is a diving duck from North America commonly found in freshwater ponds and lakes. The scientific name is derived from Greek aithuia an unidentified seabird mentioned by authors including Hesychius and Aristotle, and Latin collaris , "of the neck" from collum , "neck".

base stats

NL sightings 35iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 76,279iNaturalist observations
weight 744 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).