See Republican president film a small parrot (8)
I believe the answer is:
lorikeet
'a small parrot' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'see republican president film' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'lo' (archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'republican' becomes 'R' (political abbreviation).
'president' becomes 'ike' (nickname of Dwight Eisenhower).
'film' becomes 'ET' (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial).
'lo'+'r'+'ike'+'et'='LORIKEET'
(Other definitions for lorikeet that I've seen before include "Small parrot" , "Kite role (anag) - parrot" , "Bird -- any of the small lories" .)