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Source: Eye ring

Eye ring may refer to:

Eye ring, also called a "lover's eye ring", a type of antique ring
Eye-ring, tiny feathers that surrounds the orbital ring of some birds
Periorbital dark circles, dark blemishes around the eyes.
Limbal ring, a dark ring around the iris of the eye, where the sclera meets the cornea.

Source: Eye-ring

The eye-ring of a bird is a ring of tiny feathers that surrounds the orbital ring, a ring of bare skin immediately surrounding a bird's eye. The eye-ring is often decorative, and its colour may contrast with adjoining plumage. The ring of feathers is sometimes incomplete, forming an eye arc. In the absence of a conspicuous eye-ring, the orbital ring of a bird is often referred to as the eye-ring.
The bare orbital ring may be hardened or fleshy, or may form an eye-wattle. These are useful field marks in many bird species, and the eye-ringed flatbill, eye-ringed tody-tyrant and eye-ringed thistletail are examples of species named for either of these.