The Blue-throated Piping Guan is a large galliform bird of northern South American forests. It has a long crest and a blue-violet wattle on the throat.
Its glossy black body has white streaks, and its crest feathers are long and pointed. A triangular blue-to-purple wattle hangs from the throat.
Blue-throated Piping-guans favour riverine and seasonally flooded Amazonian forests, habitats also used by people.
A1995–1996 Pacaya-Samiria study found lower densities at the heavily hunted site near villages. Among four cracids, this species dominated the recorded harvest.
In a2004–2005 logging-concession study, piping-guans occurred in low-hunting Maderyja despite its relatively small area of riverine forest. Forest condition and human use both matter to conservation.
IUCN Red List (BirdLife listing) · Least Concern · Global
BirdLife lists Least Concern globally. Peruvian studies document regional differences associated with hunting. Maintaining riverine forest and reducing hunting pressure are conservation concerns.