Richard Garrigues is a naturalist, writer and videographer, originally from suburban New Jersey, who has lived in Costa Rica since 1981, where he leads birding and natural history tours. Since April 2000, he has been posting the Gone Birding Newsletter online. In June 2005 he also began to study the birds of northwestern Ecuador.Handbook of the Birds of the World.

Published works The Birds of Costa Rica, illustrated by Robert Dean, 2007 () The birds of Costa Rica, a field guide, Second edition illustrated by Robert Dean, 2014

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External links Aimophila Adventures: The Experience of Birding! book review Finding Birds in Costa Rica, his website for his tours, book & materials & Costa Rica in general