blue rock thrush
μὴ τὴν ὄψιν καλλωπίζου, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἴσθι καλός → Don't beautify your face, but be beautiful in your habits (Thales, in Diog. Laertius 1.37)
Wikipedia EN
The blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius) is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher was formerly placed in the family Turdidae. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and from Central Asia to northern China and Malaysia. The blue rock thrush is the official national bird of Malta (the word for it in Maltese being Merill) and was shown on the Lm 1 coins that were part of the country's former currency.
Translations
Dutch: blauwe rotslijster; Finnish: sinirastas; French: merle bleu, monticole bleu, monticole merle-bleu; German: Blaumerle; Greek: γαλαζοκότσυφας; Ancient Greek: λαιός; Latin: Monticola solitarius; Maltese: merill; Polish: modrak; Russian: синий каменный дрозд; Spanish: roquero solitario; Swedish: blåtrast
