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).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-eared Ground-thrush (Geokichla camaronensis).