Ring-necked Duck

	Ring-necked Duck
	Cat Given Name:	Duck
	Common Name(s):	Common Loon,  Mallard,  Canvasback,  Horned Grebe,  Wood Duck,  Green-winged Teal,  Red-throated Loon,  Ruddy Duck,  Blue-winged Teal,  Bufflehead,  Northern Shoveler,  Gadwall,  American Wigeon,  Redhead,  Common Goldeneye,  Long-tailed Duck,  Hooded Merganser,  Lesser Scaup,  Common Merganser,  Pied-billed Grebe,  Ring-necked Duck,  Red-breasted Merganser,  Greater Scaup,  American Black Duck
	Other Name(s):	Great Northern Diver,  Wild Duck,  Slavonian Grebe,  Devil-diver,  Hell-diver,  Pink-Eyed Diver,  Water Witch,  Carolina Duck,  Red-throated Diver,  Shoveler,  American Widgeon,  Baldplate,  Oldsquaw,  Harelda hyemalis,  Mergus cucullatus
	Scientific Name(s):	Gavia immer,  Anas platyrhynchos,  Aythya valisineria,  Podiceps auritus,  Aix sponsa,  Anas carolinensis,  Gavia stellata,  Oxyura jamaicensis,  Anas discors,  Bucephala albeola,  Anas clypeata,  Anas strepera,  Anas americana,  Aythya americana,  Bucephala clangula,  Clangula hyemalis,  Lophodytes cucullatus,  Mergus merganser,  Anas rubripes
	Physical Description:	A medium-sized diving duck with a purplish ring around it's neck and a white ring around it's bluish bill, which has a black tip. It has a bump on the back of it's head. It is black with gray sides and a white stripe on it's shoulders.
	Physical Statistics:	Length: 15.4 - 18.1 Inches (39 - 46 Centimeters) Weight: 17.3 - 32.1 Ounces (490 - 910 Grams) Wingspan: 24.4 - 24.8 Inches (62 - 63 Centimeters)
	Behavior:	The Ring-necked Duck is a duck that lives on lakes and ponds, and dives often. It eats plants.
	Social Organization:	It is usually solitary, except during breeding and migrations.
	Approval Level*:	Moderator; Rare, due to lack of lakes and ponds, it's habitat, in the Clan lands.
	Kill Difficulty:	Moderate; A medium-sized duck that is larger than most prey items, and can give a powerful buffet with its wings.
	Hunting Difficulty:	Specialty - Duck; It lives a majority of it's time on the water, requiring hunters to wait for it to come near shore; however, it does nest on land, making it easier to catch at those times then ducks with floating nests.
	Food Quality:	High; As a large prey item, it can be used to feed several cats from one duck.
*Some creatures require approval to appear in RP. This is to make sure the Admins and Mods who need to know are fully aware of a species currently active in their area. These ratings are mainly for those creatures that are uncommon or pose a threat of some sort to the cats.