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Uncle's right to have birds (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

remus

'uncle's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'right to have birds' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'to have' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'birds' becomes 'emus' (emu is a kind of bird).
'r'+'emus'='REMUS'

(Other definitions for remus that I've seen before include "Famous twin" , "Brother of 15" , "twin brother" , "Uncle character in US folk stories" , "murdered brother?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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