Black-eared Ground-thrush (Geokichla camaronensis)

Other Names (World)
Black-eared Ground-Thrush, Cameroon Ground-thrush (nominate), Grauer's Ground-thrush (graueri), Kibale Ground-thrush (kibalensis), Black-eared Ground Thrush

Family
Turdidae (Thrushes)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1905)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Black-eared Ground Thrush (Geokichla camaronensis) [XC302273]
by Jeremy Lindsell from , Cameroon (alarm call)

Black-eared Ground Thrush (Geokichla camaronensis) [XC685897]
by id from , Uganda (alarm call)

Subspecies
Black-eared Ground-thrush (Geokichla camaronensis) and Kibale Ground-thrush (Zoothera kibalensis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993), the latter also recognised as a species (but placed in the genus Turdus) by Collar and Andrew (1988), are lumped into Zoothera camaronensis following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Subspecies kibalensis has been considered a separate species on basis of its higher-elevation habitat (also reportedly larger size, more rufous upperparts, more compressed bill), but graueri inhabits similar forest types at only slightly lower altitudes. Subspecies graueri has been thought by various authors to be closely related to subspecies batesi of Grey Ground-thrush (Geokichla princei), to which it is very similar in plumage.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

camaronensis (Sharpe, 1905) - Cameroon and northern Gabon.
graueri Sassi, 1914 - North-eastern DRCongo and western Uganda.
kibalensis (Prigogine, 1978) - Kibale Forest, in western Uganda. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Kibale Ground-thrush (Zoothera kibalensis).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-eared Ground-thrush (Geokichla camaronensis) - 10 files

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