Complex sentence: The little bittern ("Ixobrychus minutus") is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae, native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar.
Split into simpler sentences: The little bittern ("Ixobrychus minutus") is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. This bittern is native to the Old World, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, western and southern Asia, and Madagascar.