Black-eared Ground-Thrush Geokichla camaronensis

A rather small, secretive, variable ground-thrush with mostly orange-rufous underparts, a rusty-brown back, double white wingbars, and a distinctive pair of vertical stripes on the face. Western races are more richly colored than eastern ones. Rare, found in pairs in scattered locations in lowland and hill forest throughout the Congo Basin. Song is undescribed; alarm is a typical high-pitched thrush “ssreee.” All other ground-thrushes have a single vertical face stripe except the larger Gray Ground-Thrush, which is paler and more washed out on the face and breast than Black-eared.