Understanding Cockatoo Parrots on the market in Australia course: Aves (Birds) Order: Psittaciformes relatives: Cacatuidae Subfamily: Calyptorhynchin Subfamily: Cacatuinae Genera: 5 Species: 20 daily life SPAN (Cockatoo Parrots) Up to sixty years or longer, dependent on the species. Some cockatoos in pro care have lived in excess of a century!