The Blue-billed Curassow is a large forest bird of Colombia. It feeds mainly on the ground, and its remaining wild habitat is limited to a few small forest remnants.
Males are black with white at the rear belly and tail tip, and blue skin at the bill base. Females have fine white bars on the wings and tail; only females have a bill knob.
Blue-billed Curassows are endemic to Colombia. They forage on forest floors for plant foods including shoots and seeds, and males give deep courtship calls. FBC has recorded and analysed these calls in the Magdalena basin.
In a 2025 interview, an FBC ornithologist described differences between the songs of three males that allowed them to be distinguished.
FBC monitors forest fragments in El Silencio and develops corridors and native fruit-tree restoration with local residents. Separately, ProAves established El Paujil Reserve in 2003 to protect the species.
IUCN Red List (conservation institution account) · Critically Endangered · Global
Forest clearance, agricultural conversion and hunting threaten the species. Reserve protection, habitat corridors and community restoration of native fruit trees support conservation.