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Where does the Ring-necked Duck live?

Aythya collaris has 3,454,732 records in 84 countries and territories, from 1837 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Duck — Photo: Polinova · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeAythya

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. 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

18372026

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 2,786,123
Canada 603,524
Mexico 11,716
Netherlands 7,097
United Kingdom 6,811
Sweden 6,654
Portugal 5,132
Denmark 3,248
Spain 3,185
Bermuda 2,535
Bahamas 2,173
Norway 2,056
Cuba 1,604
Puerto Rico 1,479
Belgium 1,076
France 1,054
Guatemala 900
Honduras 831
Costa Rica 785
Belize 660
Ireland 649
Germany 514
Iceland 478
Jamaica 338
Cayman Islands 326
Guadeloupe 315
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 292
Nicaragua 264
Curaçao 233
Dominican Republic 231
Barbados 208
Trinidad & Tobago 207
Panama 179
Switzerland 177
Japan 165
Taiwan 146
Bonaire 109
US Virgin Islands 105
El Salvador 103
St Kitts & Nevis 98

Showing the top 40 of 84 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.