Tres hombres (Steve Martin, Jack Black y Owen Wilson), cansados de sus obligaciones y responsabilidades, atraviesan un momento de crisis personal. Para superarlo deciden participar en una competición anual, en la que se premia a quien descubra el ave más rara de Norteamérica.

The film highlights legendary Colombian birdwatching guide Diego Calderon-Franco and National Geographic photographer/videographer Keith Ladzinski as they travel through Columbia, a nation that boasts one of the most diverse populations of birds in the world, to capture footage of rare and unique birds, some of which have never been filmed before.