Doves are a member of the pigeon family (Columbidae), of which 2 extinct birds that are commonly known of the species are the dodo and the passenger pigeon. Doves are the smaller of the pigeon family, the average wingspan of a dove is about 37 centimeters (about 14.5 in inches.), doves have a very different lifespan from species to species, and individual birds.
Mourning Dove
where the image is from.Doves usually return to a nest where they’ve successfully hatched eggs and successfully raised their squabs, the type of dove called mourning doves feed their children what would be generally considered a milk, it’s made in their crop, both male and female mourning doves can produce the milk substance, the squabs put their beaks into the back of their mother or father’s throat to make the parent vomit so they can have a meal.