knowing Cockatoo Parrots on the market in Australia Class: Aves (Birds) buy: Psittaciformes family members: Cacatuidae Subfamily: Calyptorhynchin Subfamily: Cacatuinae Genera: five Species: 20 lifestyle SPAN (Cockatoo Parrots) nearly sixty years or extended, dependent upon the species. Some cockatoos in pro care have lived more than a century!