Chap oddly never gets bird (6)
I believe the answer is:
canary
'bird' is the definition.
(canary is a kind of bird)
'chap oddly never' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters.
'never' becomes 'nary' (I've seen this in other clues).
The alternate letters of 'chap' are 'ca'.
'ca'+'nary'='CANARY'
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for canary that I've seen before include "Caged song bird" , "Bird from an island group" , "Yellow bird, formerly taken down mines" , "a sort of finch" , "Type of finch" .)