Greet fantastic bird (5)

I believe the answer is:

egret

'bird' is the definition.
(I know that egret is a type of heron)

'greet fantastic' is the wordplay.
'fantastic' is an anagram indicator.
'greet' anagrammed gives 'EGRET'.

(Other definitions for egret that I've seen before include "Lesser white heron" , "White-feathered wading bird" , "One wading" , "Wading bird like a heron" , "White, plumed waterbird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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