Although this bird is named the ring-neck duck, it is most easily identified by the white ring close to the black tip of its bill. It is a common diving duck and will dive to escape danger.

Ring-necked Ducks are the Red-bellied Woodpeckers of the duck world because their common name is a bit misleading. At first, “ring-neck” seems like a perfectly good descriptive name.

1.6 pounds for ringnecks), the two ducks also share a common appearance, except that, paradoxically, the ringneck has a prominent ring around its bill (thus earning the name "ringbill'' among some ...

Twenty species of waterfowl were found with the most unusual being a pair of gadwall and three ring-necked ducks. Common loons abounded with 426 spotted along with 20 red-throated loons.

There are several species of diving ducks to encounter on the lake, the most common being the Ringneck Duck, along with a few Scaup, Ruddy, Redhead, Canvasback and Baffleheads. The surface feeding ...

Canvasbacks, ring-neck ducks, old squaw, barrows and common goldeneye pretty much fill out the waterfowl in the Interior regions. Hunters who actually notice waterfowl, particularly ducks ...