A he-man's bird? (5)

I believe the answer is:

heron

'bird?' is the definition.
(heron is a kind of bird)

'a he-man's' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'ron' (I've seen this before**).
'he'+'ron'='HERON'

(Other definitions for heron that I've seen before include "Tall wading bird" , "Wading bird with long neck and legs" , "Bird of the Rhone, strangely" , "Rhone (anag) - bird" , "Long-legged long-necked wading bird" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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