Understanding Cockatoo Parrots on the market in Australia course: Aves (Birds) purchase: Psittaciformes Family: Cacatuidae Subfamily: Calyptorhynchin Subfamily: Cacatuinae Genera: 5 Species: 20 LIFE SPAN (Cockatoo Parrots) Up to 60 several years or longer, depending upon the species. Some cockatoos in specialist care have lived in excess of a