Named for Platalea leucorodia, or spoonbill. {It belongs to the family of the Plataleidae. The bird is mentioned on the Dutch and European lists of endangered species.} (M 33792; M 34089) _ _.
Discovered on 24-9-1960 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.