Birds peculiar to caves (7)
I believe the answer is:
avocets
'birds' is the definition.
(avocet is a kind of bird)
'peculiar to caves' is the wordplay.
'peculiar' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'to'+'caves'='tocaves'
'tocaves' with letters rearranged gives 'AVOCETS'.
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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