knowing Cockatoo Parrots on the market in Australia course: Aves (Birds) buy: Psittaciformes household: Cacatuidae Subfamily: Calyptorhynchin Subfamily: Cacatuinae Genera: five Species: 20 everyday living SPAN (Cockatoo Parrots) as many as sixty yrs or extended, based on the species. Some cockatoos in skilled care have lived over a century!