Nigel (Rio)

Nigel is the main antagonist of the movie Rio. He is a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo of the smugglers who kidnaps the 2 blue macaws, Blu and Jewel.He first appears at an animal caring center,in which he acts like being sick so Fernando can enter and steal Blu and Jewel.Nigel explains the motivation of his evil with the song Pretty Bird.He was the star of an animal show,but was replaced by a macaw,hence his hatred toward other birds.He chases Blu and Jewel trough Rio,but fails,He then gathers a group of marmosets to help him catch Blu and Jewel,but they fail too.Nigel kidnaps Jewel and uses her to attract Blu.During the final battle,a cage falls on Jewel's wing,damaging it.This makes Blu get angry and he manages to defeat Nigel by setting his leg on a fire extinguisher and throwing him into the plane's turbine,causing it to fall. At the end, he survives from his encounter with Blu, but not without the loss of his feathers and is embarrassed. He is voiced by Jemaine Clement.

thumb|300px|left|Nigel explains why he is not a "pretty bird".