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Bird demolished pretty morsel (6,6)

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I believe the answer is:

stormy petrel

'bird' is the definition.
(stormy petrel is a kind of bird)

'demolished pretty morsel' is the wordplay.
'demolished' is an anagram indicator.
'pretty'+'morsel'='prettymorsel'
'prettymorsel' with letters rearranged gives 'STORMY-PETREL'.

(Other definitions for stormy petrel that I've seen before include "Mother Carey's chicken" , "Person who delights in controversy" , "portent of trouble" , "seabird" , "Popular name for sea bird believed to presage bad weather" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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