Die Rietduiker (Phalacrocorax africanus) is 'n endemiese voël wat in Suid-Afrika, Zimbabwe en noord Botswana voorkom.
Die voël is 50 – 56 cm groot en weeg 450 - 650 g met 'n vlerkspan van 80 - 90 sentimeter. Hulle broei koloniaal in bome, bosse, riete, of op kranse of op die grond op eilande. In Engels staan die voël bekend as Reed cormorant.
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Genus: | Microcarbo |
Spesie: | M. africanus |
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Microcarbo africanus (Gmelin, 1789) | |
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