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Bird sprang up and everybody flipped (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rosella

'bird' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'sprang up and everybody flipped' is the wordplay.
'sprang up' becomes 'rose' (rise can mean to spring up).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'everybody' becomes 'all' (all people).
'flipped' says the letters should be written backwards.
'all' backwards is 'lla'.
'rose'+'lla'='ROSELLA'

(Other definitions for rosella that I've seen before include "Australian parakeet" , "Aussie bird" , "Australian flyer" , "Parrot" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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