Spring migration and breeding distribution of female Ring-necked Ducks wintering in the southern Atlantic Flyway

Abstract

North American waterfowl conservation, management, and harvest regulation are delegated across administrative flyways and primarily guided by breeding population estimates. The Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) is a late-nesting migratory species that winters and breeds across all of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service administrative flyways. We used satellite telemetry to characterize the spring migration and breeding distribution of 25 female Ring-necked Ducks marked in the southern Atlantic Flyway, USA in the winters