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Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Chick Type: Precocial (Parental attendance) Type of Duck: Diving Ring-necked Ducks breed in most of Canada, northern mid-west states, northeast states and a small corner of the northwestern states. They winter along the Atlantic coast from Connecticut to Mexico, Pacific coastal region from Washington state to Baja California, and in the southwest. Their diet consists of aquatic vegetation (pondweeds, smartweeds, seeds, duckweeds) and aquatic invertebrates. Female Ring-necks lay 8 - 12 eggs and the incubation time is around 25 - 29 days. The purplish ring around its neck is pretty hard to see, this duck should probably be called the Ring-billed Duck, and it is often called that. Some other common names are "Ringill, Ring-neck, American Tufted Duck and Marsh Bluebill." |
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