Oldest bird on the forum please

[Sambamama]

I'm curious. Who lives with the oldest bird here on this forum , and what species is the bird?



I am wondering about life span of my blue and gold male. If he were totally healthy ( so far, so good). What is the oldest that any of you have personally known a macaw to reach? Mine is 9-11 years now. Hatch date is uncertain, but that's a good age range. Do males live longer or shorter than females?
Thanks in advance.

 

[gizzygirl]

Well mine are all 3 and under but Friday we will be adopting and bringing home our new 12 yro military macaw!

 

[Terry57]

Our oldest is our new double yellow head who is between 50 and 60

 

[ParkersMom]

We have a 20ish year old blue front amazon

 

[RavensGryf]

Robin will be 20 in July. He's a Red Bellied parrot, so he's one of the oldest SMALL birds here? Had him since he was a baby. Wonderful to have such a long lived pet!

I think Terry's new Amazon wins? Any older than that here?

 

[MikeyTN]

My oldest one is Dixie at about 24 years old. Willie will be 13 soon and Lola is 4. Ekkies are about 8 and everyone else is about 4 and under.

 

[DallyTsuka]

think the "oldest" might also be in retrospect of the particular species. while 24 may not be considered old for say a macaw or cockatoo or amazon, 24 is ancient for a budgie or a lovebird, old for a tiel...

but none of my birds are old. all mine are young, ages 3 and 4.

 

[Mekaisto]

I worked with a sulphur-crested cockatoo that was 62 years young

Macaws of different species will have different life expectancies, but - and correct me if I'm wrong anyone - I believe B&Gs typically live to around 60-70 years old

 

[Kisota]

I worked with an Amazon (I don't remember which species) that was about 63 or 64, I believe. I hope he's still kickin'. I loved that guy.

 

[Birdman666]

Oldest macaw that I am aware of was raised by the St. Louis zoo...

A scarlett that allegedly lived to be 127 years old...

The oldest blue and gold I ever met died when he was 106.

A friend of mine has her grandmother's DYH amazon. That bird is in it's 90's... I can't remember exactly anymore.

There was an M2 that died recently at the San Diego zoo that had been the zoo's "official greeter" for about 80 years...

My oldest bird at the moment is about to turn 41.

My youngest is now a teenager...

Average for macaws is 60-80. Well cared for, they can easily live into their 90's... and possibly hit the century mark, or close to it.

Feed them poorly? Around 40-ish... and they are dead of some dietary related disease.

 

[henpecked]

My jake(YN hen) is about to turn 44.I know her age because i took her from a wild nest. I have many zons in their 40's, i have a breeder pair of OWAs that had been breeding for years when i got them and that was 30 something years ago ,so they are well over 40 and probably 50 or better. It's rare to know the exact age of many older birds, most don't remain in the same household all their lives.

 

[Betrisher]

Our Dominic is between 25 and 30 years old. We keep calling him 'old boy', but I think that's unfair, since he's really only middle-agedish. As am I. Ish. I know that many years of neglect and huge fatty tumours will probably have an effect on Dom's lifespan but our aim is to have him with us until we're all old and grey.

 

[RavensGryf]

I worked with a sulphur-crested cockatoo that was 62 years young

Macaws of different species will have different life expectancies, but - and correct me if I'm wrong anyone - I believe B&Gs typically live to around 60-70 years old

I've also read Macaws are not the longest lived of the big birds. Not as long as the Cockatoos and Amazons. Still... Long enough

 

[RavensGryf]

think the "oldest" might also be in retrospect of the particular species. while 24 may not be considered old for say a macaw or cockatoo or amazon, 24 is ancient for a budgie or a lovebird, old for a tiel...

but none of my birds are old. all mine are young, ages 3 and 4.

I agree! You have a point there.

 

[bostjan]

Our birds are all very young. Spanky, our CAG, is about 11 or 12. Luna (Mealy Amazon) is still a baby at 2. Sherbert, Azu, and Bonbon (GCC's) are all 2. The baby birds are 0-3 weeks.
My mom had an umbrella cockatoo when I was little, and gave him up for adoption when I was a young adult, after he started having some behavioral problems in his late teens.

 

[newclassic]

My lovebird is 16, and my cockatiel is around ~19. It doesn't seem like parrots display any signs of old age, so I have no idea if they feel 'old' or not--here's to hoping for another decade .

 

[Birdman666]

My lovebird is 16, and my cockatiel is around ~19. It doesn't seem like parrots display any signs of old age, so I have no idea if they feel 'old' or not--here's to hoping for another decade .

Arthritis in the feet is pretty common. And they do get cataracts... (sp?)

The biggest thing is fatty liver disease due to improper diet.

 

[MikeyTN]

I worked with a sulphur-crested cockatoo that was 62 years young

Macaws of different species will have different life expectancies, but - and correct me if I'm wrong anyone - I believe B&Gs typically live to around 60-70 years old

I've also read Macaws are not the longest lived of the big birds. Not as long as the Cockatoos and Amazons. Still... Long enough

I have actually heard and read different as macaws usually lived longer. I have hardly ever hear about long living cockatoos but I've heard about Amazons and Greys. But mainly macaws.

 

[thekarens]

Every super long lived bird I've heard of or met at our bird store has been a zon. There's one that comes in for nail trimming that's 82 according to the owners.

 

[MonicaMc]

In my flock, oldest bird by species average lifespan would be my bourke parakeet. Their expected lifespan is 11-15 years. My hen is 17-19 years old. I've only heard of two older than her and I think one is still alive!

My mitred conure is 20 this year.

I have a cockatiel that I know he is *at least* 16 years old, but he could very well be in his twenties or older. I have two other tiels of ages unknown, but I'm assuming they are also older birds.



One of the local bird club members owns a B&G that's 40 years old.

I did meet a DYH zon that had gone through three generations of one family and when I met him he was in his 50's. If he's still alive (I hope the cage he was in is not his permanent residence! At best, it's only large enough to open one of his wings and fits on top of a counter!) then he might be in his 60's by now.

My avian vet said that she got to see/meet a B&G that was 104(?) years old!




I know someone who had a male canary die short of his 20th birthday. As I understand it, the average canary life is usually 3-6 years. 12 years in age is pretty good for a canary!

Cockatiels probably live about 8-15 years on the low end, and 18-25 on the high end. I've come across quite a few owners who had cockatiels die or still living at the age of 35!!!

There is a quaker that *possibly* lived into his 50's, assuming the information on his leg band was correct.

There are conures who are 40+ years old (and someone recently mentioned another conure in his 50's).



So assuming that the birds can remain relatively healthy, if not in great health, and barring accidents, they can have extremely long lives!