knowing Cockatoo Parrots available for sale in Australia course: Aves (Birds) Order: Psittaciformes household: Cacatuidae Subfamily: Calyptorhynchin Subfamily: Cacatuinae Genera: 5 Species: 20 lifetime SPAN (Cockatoo Parrots) as many as sixty years or longer, based on the species. Some cockatoos in pro care have lived more than a century!  y