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List includes duck – but you want another bird … (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rooster

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

'list includes duck' is the wordplay.
'list' becomes 'roster' (a roster is a list or register).
'includes' indicates putting letters inside.
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'roster' enclosing 'o' is 'ROOSTER'.

'but you want another' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for rooster that I've seen before include "8 [RURAL] alarm call" , "Toreros (anag.)" , "Male domestic fowl in USA" , "Early-morning caller" , "Chanticleer" .)

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