what is the longest living bird?

Question

hey, i bet my room mate that parrots live the longest out of any bird. i dont mind if im wrong i just want to know

Answer 1

The longest living parrot was a Green Wing Macaw named Rocky who lived to be 124 years old. His family had owned him and passed him down through 5 generations.

Answer 2

The Manx shearwater -- a far-flying gull-like seabird -- was probably born in 1952 and is thought to have clocked up about five million miles in the air.

-First ringed by ornithologists in 1957, the bird's journeys were made while migrating between Britain and South America.

It was re-discovered on April 4 this year in a colony of several thousand others on Bardsey, an island off the Lleyn peninsula in north Wales.

and another one is U.S. Geological Survey scientist Chandler Robbins has documented a new record for the oldest living North American bird in the wild. By tracking his records of banded birds, he found that a Laysan albatross on Midway Atoll is least 51 years old, breaking the previous longevity record of 42 years, five months, held by a bird of the same species.

Answer 3

Birds live for varying lenghs of time. I have friends that have amazons that are over 90 yrs old african greys can also live this long macaws also depending on how well they are kept. They rarely live this long in the wild though. SO if yo are considering buying one of these please remember you will have to have someone you can leave the bird to in your will as it will probably outlive you. As for which bird lives the longest i have heard that rooks are probably the longest living bird with reports of some over 150 yrs old.

Answer 4

It is a parrot. The Kakapo (pronounced kākāpō) From a Māori word meaning night parrot. They are a highly Endangered species, and the only flightless parrot. A new finding places the age of a member of this species at 150 years at death.

Answer 5

currently living is a sulfur-crested cockatoo at over 80 years

parrots can be over 100 in captivity

it is unusual for small birds to live more than 10 years

51 year albatross record as the oldest living North American bird in the wild, the latest to mature (10-12 years) and the slowest breeders (one chick every 2-3 years). ...

Siberian white crane, lived 82 years

Giant Tortoise lives up to 177 years !

Answer 6

as far as I know, yes. But there's a catch. Parrots live a very long time in captivity. However, in the wild, birds like swans and the ostritch can live up to thirty years. Depends on the situation:)

Answer 7

Here's what I found out for pets.

Finches - 15 years
Canaries - 15 years
Budgies - 15 years
Cockatiels - 20 years
Lovebirds - 20 years
Conures - 30 years
Amazons - 50 years
African Greys - 50 years
Cockatoos - 65 years
Macaws - 60 years
Doves and Pigeons - 20 years

here's what I found out for wild birds, very interesting

http://www.wildbirds.com/protect_livelong.htm

Answer 8

Macaw Parrots can live to be 80 to 100 years old!

Answer 9

the long billed uhho bird of the ozark hills some say 100 years easy never captured but shot at several times

Answer 10

Macaws and cockatoos are the longest living birds.