Eye stripe is a stripe of different colour of the plumage of the head which runs horizontally at the same plane of the eye, and/or is disrupted by the eye.

The other terms are used to indicate different head streaks. See picture.

Alternative forms for eye stripe : crown stripe, crown-stripe, eye-stripe, eye-stripes, malar stripe, malar stripes, moustachial stripe, moustachial stripes.