Name given to wild party bird (5)
I believe the answer is:
raven
'bird' is the definition.
(raven is a kind of bird)
'name given to wild party' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'given to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wild party' becomes 'rave' (I've seen this before).
'n' after 'rave' is 'RAVEN'.
(Other definitions for raven that I've seen before include "Glossy black colour" , "flesh-eating bird" , "Bird in 1's poem" , "Bird of ill omen" , "Bird with hoarse, croaking cry" .)