Some Lamprotornis starlings from NE South Africa (1 Viewer)

[Rommich]

Hello everyone,
These three individual Lamprotornis glossy-starlings from Kruger and Hluhluwe parks in South Africa are giving me some hard time trying to identify the species.
My best guesses are:
1, 2, 3 and 4 : Burchell's starling Lamprotornis australis (Kruger park on March 14)
5 and 6 : Greater blue-eared starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus (Kruger park on March 14)
7 and 8 : Cape starling Lamprotornis nitens (Hluhluwe–iMfolozi park on March 7)
I got some inconclusive/conflicting opinions from ID apps and personal research about these notoriously hard to distinguish species so I thought I might ask people here.

 

[THE_FERN]

Hello everyone,
These three individual Lamprotornis glossy-starlings from Kruger and Hluhluwe parks in South Africa are giving me some hard time trying to identify the species.
My best guesses are:
1, 2, 3 and 4 : Burchell's starling Lamprotornis australis (Kruger park on March 14)
5 and 6 : Greater blue-eared starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus (Kruger park on March 14)
7 and 8 : Cape starling Lamprotornis nitens (Hluhluwe–iMfolozi park on March 7)
I got some inconclusive/conflicting opinions from ID apps and personal research about these notoriously hard to distinguish species so I thought I might ask people here.

I agree with all your ids. some notes:
Burchell's: long tail, but not long enough for Maeve's
Greater blue-eared: clear dark mask extending on to ear coverts. Eye often paler (yellow) than this in this species
Cape: the books/apps say they don't have a mask but they do: darker loral area extending below eye. Eye +/- always dark orange.

 

[Rommich]

Thanks for the reply and precisions