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Bird from Ring of Fire? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flamingo

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

'ring of fire?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'ring' could be 'o' (O is the shape of a ring) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'fire?' could be 'flaming' ('flaming' can be a synonym of 'fire') and 'flaming' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'from' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for flamingo that I've seen before include "Long-legged wader" , "Wading bird with pink and red plumage" , "Pink flier" , "Pretty bird" , "colourful bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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