Police have charged a 31-year-old man with animal cruelty following an incident in Brisbane City on Saturday morning.

It is alleged a man captured an ibis and strangled the animal until it died before approaching members of the public with the dead bird on George Street around 5.30am.

A 31-year-old Murarrie Man has been charged with one count each of animal cruelty and public nuisance.

He is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 10.

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