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

At Morriston Park in Swansea, near his home, the then nine-year-old ticked off sparrows, starlings, blue tits…but surely not a ring-necked parakeet, external?

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023

Look for the northern shoveler, the ring-necked duck and the gadwall.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

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

But the most conspicuous and interesting of all these lawn birds are the ring-necked plovers, or killdeers.

From Under the Maples by Burroughs, John