Longevity records for Psittaciformes in captivity
K. BROUWER,
M. L. JONES,
C. E. KING,
H. SCHIFTER,
K. BROUWER
National Foundation for Research in Zoological Gardens/EAZA Executive Office, do Artis (Amsterdam Zoo), Postbus 20164, 1000 HD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorM. L. JONES
The Zoological Society of San Diego, PO Box 551, San Diego California 92112-0551, USA
Search for more papers by this authorC. E. KING
Rotterdam Zoo, Postbus 532, 3000 AM Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorH. SCHIFTER
Vienna Natural History Museum, Postfach 417, Burgring 7, A-1014 Vienna, Austria
Search for more papers by this authorK. BROUWER,
M. L. JONES,
C. E. KING,
H. SCHIFTER,
K. BROUWER
National Foundation for Research in Zoological Gardens/EAZA Executive Office, do Artis (Amsterdam Zoo), Postbus 20164, 1000 HD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorM. L. JONES
The Zoological Society of San Diego, PO Box 551, San Diego California 92112-0551, USA
Search for more papers by this authorC. E. KING
Rotterdam Zoo, Postbus 532, 3000 AM Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Search for more papers by this authorH. SCHIFTER
Vienna Natural History Museum, Postfach 417, Burgring 7, A-1014 Vienna, Austria
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Psittaciformes are generally believed to be long-lived birds and are frequently said to reach ages of 100 years old or more. In reality, however, life spans rarely exceed 50 years of age, although a few reliable records exist of parrots aged up to 65–70 years. Cockatoos appear to have the highest longevities and the longest reproductive life spans. Larger psit-tacines are generally longer-lived than smaller ones, although there seem to be some exceptions to this trend and quite remarkable differences in longevity between some similar-sized parrot genera. Some particularly interesting longevity histories, information on maximum breeding ages and trends in longevity are discussed.
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