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Ring-necked Duck

Aythya collaris

5,556Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
87Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,228
Feb834
Mar821
Apr662
May159
Jun85
Jul30
Aug94
Sep104
Oct471
Nov403
Dec665

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England331
2Cornwall England312
3Kent England267
4Lincolnshire England211
5Essex England193
6Oxfordshire England171
7Surrey England168
8Suffolk England149
9Cambridgeshire England143
10Norfolk England143
11Devon England142
12Shetland Islands —130
13Dorset England122
14Glasgow City Scotland98
15Fife Scotland95
4,331 England744 Scotland449 Wales31 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,556
Peak month
January
Counties with records
87
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aythya collaris
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
931
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Aythya
Name with authority
Aythya collaris (Donovan, 1809)
Described
1809
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q601055 · GBIF 2498264