Complex sentence: The Little Grebe, "Tachybaptus ruficollis", or Dabchick is, at 23-29 cm in length, the smallest European member of the grebe family of water birds.
Split into simpler sentences: The Little Grebe, "Tachybaptus ruficollis" formerly known as Dabchick is 23 to 29 cm in length. It is the smallest European member of the grebe family of water birds.