ring-necked

American  

[ring-nekt] / ˈrɪŋˌnɛkt /

adjective

Zoology.

1. having a ring of distinctive color around the neck.

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ring-necked British  

adjective

1. (of animals, esp certain birds and snakes) having a band of distinctive colour around the neck

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Etymology

Origin of ring-necked

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The sandy-backed, ring-necked plovers skitter along beaches nibbling tiny marine animals and eggs.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

A graduate student at South Dakota State last year demonstrated that ring-necked pheasants—the number-one game animal in the Dakotas—became more underweight, weak, and lethargic the more treated corn seeds they consumed.

From National Geographic • Feb. 5, 2021

In the UK, ring-necked parrots, descended from pets and aviary birds which have escaped or were deliberately released, have become so plentiful that they pose a threat to vineyards and fruit farms.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2017

Also spotted, but in fewer numbers, were snow geese, buffleheads, redheads, goldeneyes, American widgeon, ruddy, ring-necked, canvasbacks, scaup and wood ducks.

From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2015

The doves on the palm trees around them cooed softly, and other birds fluttered amid the grass: ring-necked glareolas, Tartessus quails and Punic guinea-fowl.

From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave