Complex sentence: The indigenous people of Vundutura said that the pigeon would roost in pairs or small groups of three or four in small shrubs just a few feet off of the ground and were very tame, allowing local hunters to pick it off of its perch by hand.
Split into simpler sentences: The indigenous people of Vundutura said that the pigeon would roost in pairs or small groups of three or four in small shrubs just a few feet off of the ground. They also claimed that the species was very tame, allowing local hunters to pick it off of its perch by hand.