The usual story: a couple of charismatic taxa up (though not by much); many, many more taxa down: http://www.iucnredlist.org/news/unsustainable-food-systems-threaten-wild-crop-and-dolphin-species Despite the wording of this article, the Christmas Island Forest Skink is now listed as extinct, not extinct in the wild. Also not mentioned is the up-listing of the Yellow-breasted bunting to critically endangered (a case that parallels to passenger pigeon far too closely).
At least some good news for 2 kiwi-species : Stars of the Red List: two kiwi species are no longer Endangered
Another article about it: Red List 2017: seabirds starving, songbirds trapped, hope for pelican and kiwis Here are some things mentioned about the list in this article Bad News: Black-Legged Kittiwake is now Vulnerable. Cape Gannet is now Endangered. Yellow-Breasted Bunting is now Critically Endangered. Kea is now Endangered. Snowy Owl is now Vulnerable. Sooty Falcon is now Vulnerable Maccoa Duck is now Vulnerable. Good News: Dalmatian Pelican is now Near Threatened. Florena Mockingbird is now Endangered. Cobb's Wren is now Least Concern. Forest Owlet is now Endangered.
