diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js
--- a/native/avatars/edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type { UpdateUserAvatarRemoveRequest } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
-import type { MediaLibrarySelection } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+import type {
+  MediaLibrarySelection,
+  NativeMediaSelection,
+} from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import type { UpdateThreadRequest } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
@@ -25,6 +28,10 @@
 export type EditThreadAvatarContextType = {
   +threadAvatarSaveInProgress: boolean,
   +selectFromGalleryAndUpdateThreadAvatar: (threadID: string) => Promise<void>,
+  +updateImageThreadAvatar: (
+    selection: NativeMediaSelection,
+    threadID: string,
+  ) => Promise<void>,
   +removeThreadAvatar: (threadID: string) => void,
 };
 
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@
   );
 
   const updateImageThreadAvatar = React.useCallback(
-    async (selection: MediaLibrarySelection, threadID: string) => {
+    async (selection: NativeMediaSelection, threadID: string) => {
       const imageAvatarUpdateRequest = await uploadSelectedMedia(selection);
 
       if (!imageAvatarUpdateRequest) {
@@ -165,11 +172,13 @@
     () => ({
       threadAvatarSaveInProgress,
       selectFromGalleryAndUpdateThreadAvatar,
+      updateImageThreadAvatar,
       removeThreadAvatar,
     }),
     [
       removeThreadAvatar,
       selectFromGalleryAndUpdateThreadAvatar,
+      updateImageThreadAvatar,
       threadAvatarSaveInProgress,
     ],
   );
diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-thread-avatar.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-thread-avatar.react.js
--- a/native/avatars/edit-thread-avatar.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-thread-avatar.react.js
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 import EditAvatarBadge from './edit-avatar-badge.react.js';
 import { EditThreadAvatarContext } from './edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import ThreadAvatar from './thread-avatar.react.js';
-import { EmojiThreadAvatarCreationRouteName } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+import {
+  EmojiThreadAvatarCreationRouteName,
+  ThreadAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
+} from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 
 type Props = {
@@ -47,6 +50,13 @@
     [selectFromGalleryAndUpdateThreadAvatar, threadInfo.id],
   );
 
+  const navigateToCamera = React.useCallback(() => {
+    navigate<'ThreadAvatarCameraModal'>({
+      name: ThreadAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
+      params: { threadID: threadInfo.id },
+    });
+  }, [navigate, threadInfo.id]);
+
   const removeAvatar = React.useCallback(
     () => removeThreadAvatar(threadInfo.id),
     [removeThreadAvatar, threadInfo.id],
@@ -56,9 +66,15 @@
     () => [
       { id: 'emoji', onPress: navigateToThreadEmojiAvatarCreation },
       { id: 'image', onPress: selectFromGallery },
+      { id: 'camera', onPress: navigateToCamera },
       { id: 'remove', onPress: removeAvatar },
     ],
-    [navigateToThreadEmojiAvatarCreation, removeAvatar, selectFromGallery],
+    [
+      navigateToCamera,
+      navigateToThreadEmojiAvatarCreation,
+      removeAvatar,
+      selectFromGallery,
+    ],
   );
 
   const showAvatarActionSheet = useShowAvatarActionSheet(actionSheetConfig);
diff --git a/native/media/thread-avatar-camera-modal.react.js b/native/media/thread-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/media/thread-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// @flow
+
+import invariant from 'invariant';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import type { PhotoCapture } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+
+import { EditThreadAvatarContext } from '../avatars/edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js';
+import CameraModal from '../media/camera-modal.react.js';
+import type { AppNavigationProp } from '../navigation/app-navigator.react.js';
+import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+
+export type ThreadAvatarCameraModalParams = {
+  +threadID: string,
+};
+
+type Props = {
+  +navigation: AppNavigationProp<'ThreadAvatarCameraModal'>,
+  +route: NavigationRoute<'ThreadAvatarCameraModal'>,
+};
+
+function ThreadAvatarCameraModal(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { navigation, route } = props;
+  const { threadID } = route.params;
+
+  const editThreadAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditThreadAvatarContext);
+  invariant(editThreadAvatarContext, 'editThreadAvatarContext should be set');
+  const { updateImageThreadAvatar } = editThreadAvatarContext;
+
+  const sendPhoto = React.useCallback(
+    (capture: PhotoCapture) => {
+      updateImageThreadAvatar(capture, threadID);
+    },
+    [threadID, updateImageThreadAvatar],
+  );
+
+  return <CameraModal handlePhotoCapture={sendPhoto} navigation={navigation} />;
+}
+
+export default ThreadAvatarCameraModal;
diff --git a/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js b/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import type { RootNavigationProp } from './root-navigator.react.js';
 import {
   UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
+  ThreadAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
   ImageModalRouteName,
   MultimediaMessageTooltipModalRouteName,
   ActionResultModalRouteName,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 import KeyboardStateContainer from '../keyboard/keyboard-state-container.react.js';
 import ChatCameraModal from '../media/chat-camera-modal.react.js';
 import ImageModal from '../media/image-modal.react.js';
+import ThreadAvatarCameraModal from '../media/thread-avatar-camera-modal.react.js';
 import UserAvatarCameraModal from '../media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js';
 import VideoPlaybackModal from '../media/video-playback-modal.react.js';
 import RelationshipListItemTooltipModal from '../profile/relationship-list-item-tooltip-modal.react.js';
@@ -141,6 +143,10 @@
           name={UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName}
           component={UserAvatarCameraModal}
         />
+        <App.Screen
+          name={ThreadAvatarCameraModalRouteName}
+          component={ThreadAvatarCameraModal}
+        />
         <App.Screen
           name={VideoPlaybackModalRouteName}
           component={VideoPlaybackModal}
diff --git a/native/navigation/route-names.js b/native/navigation/route-names.js
--- a/native/navigation/route-names.js
+++ b/native/navigation/route-names.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import type { TextMessageTooltipModalParams } from '../chat/text-message-tooltip-modal.react.js';
 import type { ChatCameraModalParams } from '../media/chat-camera-modal.react.js';
 import type { ImageModalParams } from '../media/image-modal.react.js';
+import type { ThreadAvatarCameraModalParams } from '../media/thread-avatar-camera-modal.react.js';
 import type { VideoPlaybackModalParams } from '../media/video-playback-modal.react.js';
 import type { CustomServerModalParams } from '../profile/custom-server-modal.react.js';
 import type { RelationshipListItemTooltipModalParams } from '../profile/relationship-list-item-tooltip-modal.react.js';
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@
 export const SubchannelsListModalRouteName = 'SubchannelsListModal';
 export const TabNavigatorRouteName = 'TabNavigator';
 export const TextMessageTooltipModalRouteName = 'TextMessageTooltipModal';
+export const ThreadAvatarCameraModalRouteName = 'ThreadAvatarCameraModal';
 export const ThreadPickerModalRouteName = 'ThreadPickerModal';
 export const ThreadSettingsMemberTooltipModalRouteName =
   'ThreadSettingsMemberTooltipModal';
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@
   +ActionResultModal: ActionResultModalParams,
   +ChatCameraModal: ChatCameraModalParams,
   +UserAvatarCameraModal: void,
+  +ThreadAvatarCameraModal: ThreadAvatarCameraModalParams,
   +VideoPlaybackModal: VideoPlaybackModalParams,
   ...TooltipModalParamList,
 };