RING-NECKED TEAL 
ANAS LEUCOPHRYS Vieillot 
Synonymy 
Anas torquata Vieillot {nec Gmelin), Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Hist. Nat., vol. 5, 
p. 110, 1816. 
Anas leucophrys Vieillot, Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Hist. Nat., vol. 5, p. 156, 1816. 
Querquedula manillensis Eyton (nec Gmelin), Monograph Anatidae, p. 125, 1838. 
Anas rubidoptera Dubois, Ornith. Gallerie, p. 90, pi. 57, 1839. 
Anas rhodopus Merrem, in Ersch and Grube’s Encyclop., sec. 1, vol. 35, p. 45, 1841. 
Querquedula torquata G. R. Gray, List Birds British Mus., pt. 3. p. 139, 1844. 
Querquedula leucophrys Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 43, p. 650, 
1856. 
Nettion torquata G. R. Gray, Hand-list Birds, pt. 3, p. 83, 1871. 
Nettion torquatum Salvadori, Cat. Birds British Mus., vol. 27, p. 268, 1895. 
Vernacular Names 
English: Ring-necked Teal, Ringed Teal. 
German: Rotschulter Krickente. 
French: Sarcelle a collier (noir). 
Spanish: Pato collar negro. 
DESCRIPTION 
Adult Male: Forehead gray, changing into black which extends back as a broad stripe over top 
of head to hind neck, where it bifurcates, forming a half-collar. Remainder of head gray, streaked 
indistinctly with blackish. Mantle olive gray, scapulars rich chestnut. Back, rump, upper tail- 
coverts and tail black. Breast pinkish buff to light rose-color, and covered with round black spots. 
Abdomen gray, very finely vermiculated. Flanks gray, more sharply vermiculated. Under tail- 
coverts black in the middle, and white at the sides. Wing-coverts black except for a large white patch 
on the secondary coverts. Secondaries bronzy green on the outer web, forming a conspicuous specu- 
lum. Primaries dark brown. Tertials long, extending to or beyond the primaries, and dark olive 
brown in color. Under wing-coverts black, axillars black. 
Iris dark brown. Bill rich lead blue, with a black nail. Legs and feet a beautiful light lilac pink 
(captive specimens at Wenham). 
Wing 168 mm.; bill 36; tarsus 33. 
Adult Female: General color brown; superciliary stripe, middle of the cheeks, throat, and sides of 
the upper neck white; back and scapulars olive brown; rump and upper tail-coverts black; beneath 
dull whitish, with broad sub-apical pale-brown bands, better defined on the flanks; abdomen and 
under tail-coverts whitish, the latter powdered with dusky; wings as in the male; tail brown (Sal- 
vadori, 1895). Bill slightly duller blue than in male, and with a blackish saddlemark (Blaauw, 1919). 
