Rio

In Brazil, wildlife trade is common, and several types of exotic birds get smuggled to different countries. Tyler Blu Gunderson, a male blue macaw who has been smuggled from Rio de Janeiro, lives in the suburb of Moose Lake, Minnesota with his owner Linda Gunderson. Blu is constantly ridiculed by local animals due to his inability to fly.
One day, Brazilian ornithologist Túlio Monteiro asks for Blu to be taken to Rio, telling Linda that Blu is the last male of his species and he must mate with another macaw in Brazil. Linda takes up Túlio's offer and the three are flown to Rio de Janeiro, where Blu meets a Red-crested Cardinal named Pedro and his Yellow Canary friend Nico. Blu is taken to Túlio's aviary, and falls in love with Jewel, a macaw who desperately longs to escape into the wilderness. Blu and Jewel are captured by a young boy named Fernando and a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo named Nigel, both of whom work for a group of smugglers led by Marcel. Nigel tells the macaws that he was once a popular performer on a television program and vows to smuggle exotic birds for being replaced by a parakeet on the program. Blu and Jewel flee from Nigel and the smugglers, ending up in a jungle.