Bird is caught by international physician (9)

I believe the answer is:

internist

'physician' is the definition.
(internist is a kind of physician)

'bird is caught by international' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'tern' (tern is a kind of bird).
'caught by' indicates putting letters inside.
'international' becomes 'int' (abbreviation for international).
'tern'+'is'='ternis'
'ternis' put within 'int' is 'INTERNIST'.

(Another definition for internist that I've seen is " specialist in the US".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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