Rio is a 2011 animated film produced by Blue Sky Studios that follows Blu, the last male blue macaw, as he is taken from Minnesota to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In Rio, Blu meets Jewel, a female blue macaw, and they work to stop smugglers led by Nigel from capturing more Spix's macaws. The main characters include Blu, an endangered blue macaw raised by an American woman; Jewel, a wild female blue macaw; and Dr. Tulio, a Brazilian ornithologist who is trying to breed the nearly extinct macaws.