Birds typically have a life expectancy of 10-30 years. The parrot family as a whole - including parakeets, cockatoos, macaws and cockateels - tends to live longer. These birds can have a lifespan of 70 years or more.
apprentice. 1  a person under legal agreement to work a specified length of time for a master craftsman in a craft or trade in return for instruction and, formerly, support. 2  a person who is acquiring a trade, craft, or skill under specified conditions, usually as a member of a labor union. 3  any learner or beginner; novice.
Report Abuse. The Novice is the guy who does the work. The Expert is the one who hovers over him telling him what to do. The one in the middle knows what to do and how to do it but dosen't get paid any better than the Novice. He's called an Employee.