<P> Rio is a 2011 American 3D computer - animated adventure - comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha . The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro , where the film is set . The film features the voices of Jesse Eisenberg , Anne Hathaway , Jemaine Clement , Leslie Mann , George Lopez , and Jamie Foxx . It tells the story of Blu ( Eisenberg ) , a male Spix 's macaw who is taken to Rio de Janeiro to mate with a free - spirited female Spix 's macaw , Jewel ( Hathaway ) . The two eventually fall in love , and together they have to escape from being smuggled by Nigel ( Clement ) , a cockatoo . The theme song , `` Telling the World '' was performed by Taio Cruz . </P>
<P> Rio is a 2011 American 3D computer - animated adventure - comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha . The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro , where the film is set . The film features the voices of Jesse Eisenberg , Anne Hathaway , Jemaine Clement , Leslie Mann , George Lopez , and Jamie Foxx . It tells the story of Blu ( Eisenberg ) , a male Spix 's macaw who is taken to Rio de Janeiro to mate with a free - spirited female Spix 's macaw , Jewel ( Hathaway ) . The two eventually fall in love , and together they have to escape from being smuggled by Nigel ( Clement ) , a cockatoo . The theme song , `` Telling the World '' was performed by Taio Cruz . </P>
what type of bird is blu from rio
what type of bird is blu from rio
a male Spix 's macaw
a male Spix 's macaw