Point at exotic tree with large bird (8)

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

'point at exotic tree with large' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'dot' ('dot' can be a synonym of 'point'**).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'exotic' indicates an anagram.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'tree' with letters rearranged gives 'tere'.
'dot'+'tere'+'l'='DOTTEREL'