Bird

Ring-necked Duck

Aythya collaris

A winter visitor to West Virginia, found in all 55 counties and 5 habitats.

Here: Winter and on migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 5

Male Ring-necked Duck, whole bird — **Male**. (c) Marcel_Pepin, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 318355524. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Winter and on migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 5
Habitat models: Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in West Virginia 5

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterCentral Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

WinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems

Other habitats in its models (61)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia.

Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Winter.
Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Winter.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Winter.
Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Winter.
Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.