Buccaneer gets the bird (5)
I believe the answer is:
drake
I believe this is a double definition.
'buccaneer' is the first definition.
(Sir Francis Drake)
'the bird' is the second definition.
(drake is a kind of bird)
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for drake that I've seen before include "Male duck - circumnavigator" , "one at home on the water" , "English circumnavigator, d. 1596" , "it's used to fish" , "Male water-bird" .)