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60-year-old Tom Quach has been granted bail at Waverley Local Court after being held in police custody over an incident in which he allegedly took an ibis from a park and attempted to cook it.

Quach is alleged to have captured the bird in a Sydney park before stuffing it in his backpack and transporting it to his unit in Sydney's eastern suburbs via a stolen bicycle.

It is reported that he decapitated the bird and hung it up to 'dry' in his shower.

Police discovered the dead bird after neighbours had called them, after reportedly hearing the bird in distress.

Quach was also arrested earlier this year after a video of him attempting to put another ibis in a wheeled shopping bag went viral.