Bird served for starters with beef (10)

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

'for starters with beef' is the wordplay.
'for starters' becomes 'sand' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'beef' becomes 'grouse' ('grouse' can be a synonym of 'beef').
'sand'+'grouse'='SANDGROUSE'

'served' is the link.

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