A bird fight - the racket! (7)

I believe the answer is:

sparrow

'a bird' is the definition.
(sparrow is a kind of bird)

'fight the racket' is the wordplay.
'fight' becomes 'spar' (sparring is a kind of fighting).
'the racket' becomes 'row' (both can mean a noisy disturbance).
'spar'+'row'='SPARROW'

(Other definitions for sparrow that I've seen before include "Small brown bird" , "Little brown bird" , "Passerine bird" , "bird produced" , "(Formerly very) common British bird" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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