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Bird seen back in Novosibirsk (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ibis

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

'back in novosibirsk' is the wordplay.
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'sibi' is hidden in the letters of 'novosibirsk'.
'sibi' reversed gives 'IBIS'.

'seen' is the link.

(Other definitions for ibis that I've seen before include "Flier" , "Long-legged wading bird" , "Large wading bird" , "Wading bird sacred to the Egyptians" , "Retreat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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