Black-eared ground thrush

The black-eared ground thrush (Geokichla cameronensis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Black-eared ground thrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Geokichla
Species:
G. camaronensis
Binomial name
Geokichla camaronensis
(Sharpe, 1905)
Synonyms

Zoothera camaronensis

The subspecies G. c. kibalensis of the Kibale Forest in western Uganda is sometimes regarded as a separate species, the Kibale ground-thrush.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Zoothera camaronensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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