Complex sentence: The purple heron ("Ardea purpurea") is a wide ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia.
Split into simpler sentences: The purple heron ("Ardea purpurea") is a wide ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia.