What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Ring-necked Duck been recorded?

Aythya collaris occurrence evidence comes from 20,778 records in 18 countries and territories, from 1866 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Duck — Photo (display-sized rendition): Polinova · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesAnseriformesAnatidaeAythya

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

20,778 records across 18 countries and territories, 1866–2026.

Aythya collaris · GBIF taxon key 2498264

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

5 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18662026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Ring-necked Duck has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Ring-necked Duck. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 12,275
Sweden 6,473
Belgium 996
Canada 964
United Kingdom 45
Mexico 5
Germany 4
Spain 3
Austria 2
Colombia 2
ZZ 2
Bermuda 1
Belize 1
Denmark 1
Dominican Republic 1
France 1
Netherlands 1
Portugal 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.