Knobbill

A knobbill (Frugilornis mississippiensis) is a species of pigeon-sized near-passerine bird native throughout the forests, subtropical rainforests, swamps, and marshlands, but can also adapt really well to life in cities and suburbs. The knobbills are herbivorous and mainly feed on fruits, leaves, seeds, nuts, beans, even some man-made plant-based food such as chocolate, which would otherwise be deadly to eat in most other birds, making this bird considered pest to farmed chocolate. Knobbills, however, are fast breeders and can breed frequently, making these birds almost impossible to eradicate. But despite this, the knobbills also help the spread of some farmed plants such as apples, oranges, pears, bananas, plums, peaches, grapes, cherries, avacados, cantilopes, and watermelons, they eat not just the fleshy parts of fruits, but also the seeds, which are fertilized in bird droppings. Because of this, along with protective netting around farmed chocolates to keep knobbils out, the farmers are starting to not to shoot down knobbils and instead using knobbils to help grow farmed fruits. The conservation status of knobbils is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the knobbils' tolerance to human activities, and their resistance to otherwise deadly diseases and viruses, incuding West Nile viruses.