Bird from Brazil perhaps needing opening (8)
I believe the answer is:
nuthatch
'bird' is the definition.
(nuthatch is a kind of bird)
'brazil perhaps needing opening' is the wordplay.
'brazil perhaps' becomes 'nut' (brazil is a kind of nut).
'needing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'opening' becomes 'hatch' (I've seen this before).
'nut'+'hatch'='NUTHATCH'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for nuthatch that I've seen before include "Small songbird often seen on tree trunks" , "Flier" , "[FEATHERED FRIEND]" , "warbler?" , "Tree-climbing songbird" .)