Named for Ardea purpurea, or purple heron. {It belongs to the family of the Ardeidae. The bird is on the Dutch Red List of birds endangered in the Netherlands and also on the ‘List of Vulnerable Birds in Europe’.} (M 33791; M 34089) _ _.
Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.