When it comes to rare you don't get much rarer than extinct. The following four species, although on the Critically Endangered list, are all in all probability extinct now and so they have an unfair advantage in this case (if being extinct can be considered an advantage). So we'll not include them in the top ten but suffice to say that they exist, or not, as the case may be.
These birds were last seen alive; Javan Lapwing 1940, Eskimo Curlew 1963, Slender-billed Curlews 2001, Jerdon's Courser 2009
So that then leaves us with the Top 10 of the world's rarest wader species that, if money and time are no object, you could actually go and see. All photos by Elis Simpson - Wader Quest unless otherwise stated.
Nº 10
This slot is shared by Diademed Sandpiper Plover, Magellanic Plover and Fuegian Snipe. Each has a population estimate of between 1,500 and 7,000 individuals.
There are also some rare Asia and Pacific Woodcocks that do not have population estimates that we could have included here too.
These birds were last seen alive; Javan Lapwing 1940, Eskimo Curlew 1963, Slender-billed Curlews 2001, Jerdon's Courser 2009
So that then leaves us with the Top 10 of the world's rarest wader species that, if money and time are no object, you could actually go and see. All photos by Elis Simpson - Wader Quest unless otherwise stated.

This slot is shared by Diademed Sandpiper Plover, Magellanic Plover and Fuegian Snipe. Each has a population estimate of between 1,500 and 7,000 individuals.
There are also some rare Asia and Pacific Woodcocks that do not have population estimates that we could have included here too.
Nº 9
Name: Swinhoe's (White-faced) Plover
Charadrius dealbatus
IUCN: Data Deficient
Population: ?
Region: Asia
Nordmann's (Spotted) Greenshank
Tringa guttifer
IUCN: Endangered
Population: 60-1300 (1,100 China 2017)
Region: Arctic/Asia
Name: Tuamotu Sandpiper
Prosobonia parvirostris
IUCN: Endangered
Population: 900
Region: Pacific
Name: St. Helena Plover
Charadrius sanctaehelenae
IUCN: Vulnerable
Population: 560
Region: Atlantic
Photo by Andrew Darlow.
Photo by Andrew Darlow.
Name: Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Calidris pygmaea
IUCN: Critically Endangered
Population: 240-500 (250 in china 2017)
Region: Arctic/Asia
Name: Chatham Oystercatcher
Haematopus chathamensis
IUCN: Endangered
Population: 50-249
Name: Shore Plover
Thinornis novaeseelandiae
IUCN: Endangered
Population: 156-220
Region: Australasia
Name: Southern Red-breasted Plover
Charadrius aquilonius
IUCN: Endangered
Population: 160-190
Region: Australasia
Photo by Matt Jones - www.mattjoneswildlifeimages.co m
And the world's rarest wader is.....................................................
And the world's rarest wader is.....................................................
Name: Black Stilt
Himantopus novaezelandiae
IUCN: Critically Endangered
Population: 106
Region: Australasia
BirdLife International (2017) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/09/2017
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