“Calyptura Expeditions” is the birding services offered by the biologist-ornithologist and licensed guide René Santos from Ubatuba. The main goal is to unite birding and conservation since natural areas visited by tourists and birders have less pressure of illegal activities. Especially national and state parks which over time become much more valued.

In autumn, between April and June Urupema become the stage of the spectacle of the thousands of Red-spectacled Parrot (Amazona pretrei) that come to the region to eat the seeds of the Brazilian Pine, in smaller number, but also present the Vinaceous-breasted Parrot (Amazona vinacea).