The national bird of both Kenya and Botswana, the lilac-breasted roller is often considered one of the most beautiful birds in the world with its pastel plumage, striking field marks, and long tail streamers. It is one of the most colorful members of the Coraciidae bird family, and more than one visitor in Africa searching for mammals leaves the continent a birder, naming this attractive species as their spark bird.
The lilac-breasted roller could have just as easily been called the rainbow roller. They have around 8 colors; green, white, black, yellow, turquoise, dark blue, reddish brown, and of course lilac.