Aythya collaris By Matt Young April 11, 2022 11:00 MST Aythya collaris – ring-necked duck, Goose Creek, Boulder, Colorado, February, 2022. This bird seemed to be dabbling alongside a pair of mallards. All About Birds (see link) tells us that the ringed neck may be useless as an identifying mark; 19th century biologists named the species using dead specimens.