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Long-term BBS trends
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3.97 (1.7 - 6.46)|
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Note: During all years of the Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Atlas drought conditions persisted and the Atlas range maps for all waterfowl, waterbirds, and wetland-associated species should be viewed as characteristic of distribution and abundance during dry conditions. Read the full drought statement here.
Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
The Ring-necked Duck is inappropriately named, because the brown ring is hidden among the black neck feathers of the male. A more apt name would be Ring-billed Duck. Strictly North American, the Ring-necked Duck breeds mainly in the boreal forests of Canada and northern US states including Alaska, and winters from the southern US to southern Mexico, Cuba, and Hispaniola.
The Ring-necked Duck is at home in shallow boreal marshes, fens, and beaver ponds with margins of flooded or floating vegetation. Small flocks of post-breeding males are found only in small marshes near large boreal lakes and, unlike Canvasbacks and Redheads, not on open water. During migration ring-necks may be found in deep-water wetlands of all types.
The Ring-necked Duck is a common summer resident in the boreal regions, and from Duck Mountain south to Indian Head, Moose Mountain, and Redvers, but uncommon and local in the rest of the parklands; it probably nests in the Cypress Hills. In the grasslands, it is a common spring and uncommon fall transient (Smith 1996). Callin (1980) and Belcher (1980) state that the species became a regular migrant in their respective areas, the Qu'Appelle Valley and Regina, only after about 1950. Roy (1996), in the Elbow, saw none until the mid-1960s.
Original text by Ross D. Dickson. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Ring-necked Duck in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Ring-necked Duck in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=RNDU&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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