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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

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.

1 of 5

Swamps

The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405
WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp SystemsWilliam McIlvaine, The Chickahominy Swamp (1862): wind-tossed swamp trees standing in dark water under a storm. Shown: Chickahominy Swamp, Virginia, a neighboring state.The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405, William McIlvaine (1813-1867), 1862. Public domain. Source record.

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
Other habitats in its models (61)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia. Those recorded in West Virginia first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (45)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Winter.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
  • South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
Northeast (4)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Winter.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Winter.
Land cover and other classes (12)
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 55 counties.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in 3 of 55 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 141

Plant genera in its diet records (28)
  • Cyperus Seeds and roots. 6 diet records. 16 native plants in West Virginia
  • Scirpus Seeds. 6 diet records. 11 native plants in West Virginia
  • Eleocharis 5 diet records. 15 native plants in West Virginia
  • Potamogeton Seeds. 5 diet records. 18 native plants in West Virginia
  • Ceratophyllum Seeds. 4 diet records. 2 native plants in West Virginia
  • Lachnanthes Seeds and roots. 4 diet records. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Myriophyllum Seeds. 4 diet records. 3 native plants in West Virginia
  • Polygonum Seeds. 4 diet records. 4 native plants in West Virginia
  • Chara Other parts. 3 diet records. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Echinochloa Seeds. 3 diet records. 3 native plants in West Virginia
  • Phalaris Seeds. 3 diet records. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Bolboschoenus Seeds. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in West Virginia
  • Brasenia 2 diet records. 1 native plant in West Virginia
  • Nymphaea Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Panicum Seeds. 2 diet records. 11 native plants in West Virginia
  • Persicaria Seeds. 2 diet records. 10 native plants in West Virginia
  • Pinus 2 diet records. 6 native plants in West Virginia
  • Ruppia 2 diet records. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Sparganium Seeds. 2 diet records. 4 native plants in West Virginia
  • Stuckenia Roots. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in West Virginia
  • Zea Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Boehmeria 1 diet record. 1 native plant in West Virginia
  • Chenopodium Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in West Virginia
  • Hypericum 1 diet record. 19 native plants in West Virginia
  • Lemna Leaves. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in West Virginia
  • Leptochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Morella 1 diet record. 0 native plants in West Virginia
  • Sagittaria Roots. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in West Virginia

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in West Virginia, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 103

Plants 303

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in West Virginia

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 120

Plants 12

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in West Virginia

Streams, rivers and their banks

Birds 99

Plants 232

All of streams, rivers and their banks in West Virginia

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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