Named for Oxyura leucocephala, or white-headed duck. {It belongs to the Anatidae family and is endangered in Europe. Im 1994 only 210 pairs were counted.} (M 33794; M 34089) _ _.
Discovered on 29-9-1973 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.