But they have been known to live up to 100 years! Healthy Macaw parrots live an average of 50 years. Large parrots like Macaws are among the longest living parrot species. So lets look at a few birds who have a long life span. As luck would have it, however, the record for a European Starling in the wild, 20 years, is 3 years longer than for any starling captives. In nature, the life-spans of these species are much shorter. Captive Canada Geese have lived for 33 years, House Sparrows 23 years, and Northern Cardinals 22 years. One Sulphur-crested Cockatoo lived most of his 80-plus years in a zoo. The life of Birds in captivity can be very long-lived. Long lifespans in birds should not be too surprising, as they are closely related to long-lived reptiles such as turtles and tortoises. A longevity listing posted by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (Illinois) had a Turkey Buzzard on top, at 118 years – though no corroborating information was included. Other groups, for instance titmice and chickadees, wrens, and game birds, are shorter-lived than their sizes would predict.īirds can live upwards of 60 years, with some species like parrots, vultures, albatrosses and eagles possibly exceeding the century mark. Some groups of birds tend to have long lives for their sizes, especially the albatrosses, shearwaters, and petrels, as well as the Charadriiformes (shorebirds, gulls and terns, and auks). But we do know that life expectancy in birds is closely correlated with size - the larger the species, the longer it is likely to live. It’s very difficult to determine the age and longevity of most birds.
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