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This bird, among others, gets breadcrumbs (9)

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I believe the answer is:

redbreast

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'this bird' is the definition.
(redbreast is a kind of bird)

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(Other definitions for redbreast that I've seen before include "Type of robin" , "Bird" , "One tweets" , "Flapper" .)

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