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Robbers trained wild bird (5,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

robin redbreast

'bird' is the definition.
(I know that robin redbreast is a type of oscine)

'robbers trained wild' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'robbers'+'trained'='robberstrained'
'robberstrained' with letters rearranged gives 'ROBIN REDBREAST'.

(Other definitions for robin redbreast that I've seen before include "bird" , "Songbird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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