In the Old World I have plenty of clout
Potent symbol but also a pest
In China they almost wiped my kind out
And with famine and bugs they were blessed

I was spread to New York not so long ago
By a man who admired the Bard
He said the New World really should show
Every bird a Shakespeare play starred

What am I?

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