In Rio de Janeiro, baby macaw, Blu, is captured by dealers and smuggled ... It is Carnival and the smugglers and mean cockatoo, Nigel, do not intend to give up Blu and Jewel, and chase the birds ...

It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel, and their three kids after they're hurtled Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel ...