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Bird given long peer with fancier excited (9,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peregrine falcon

'bird' is the definition.
(peregrine falcon is a kind of bird)

'long peer with fancier excited' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'excited' indicates anagramming the letters.
'long'+'peer'='longpeer'
'longpeer' after 'fancier' is 'fancierlongpeer'.
'fancierlongpeer' is an anagram of 'PEREGRINE FALCON'.

'given' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for peregrine falcon that I've seen before include "up in the air?" , "She kills small creatures" , "bird?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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