Understanding Cockatoo Parrots for sale in Australia Class: Aves (Birds) buy: Psittaciformes family members: Cacatuidae Subfamily: Calyptorhynchin Subfamily: Cacatuinae Genera: 5 Species: 20 LIFE SPAN (Cockatoo Parrots) Up to 60 yrs or more time, based on the species. Some cockatoos in specialist treatment have lived above a century!  younge