diff --git a/Content.Server/_CorvaxNext/Speech/Components/ParrotSpeechComponent.cs b/Content.Server/_CorvaxNext/Speech/Components/ParrotSpeechComponent.cs
index 1ad09fe7067..b41ef786719 100644
--- a/Content.Server/_CorvaxNext/Speech/Components/ParrotSpeechComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/_CorvaxNext/Speech/Components/ParrotSpeechComponent.cs
@@ -1,40 +1,74 @@
-using Content.Server.Speech.EntitySystems;
 using Content.Shared.Whitelist;
+using Content.Server.Speech.EntitySystems;
 
 namespace Content.Server.Speech.Components;
 
+/// <summary>
+///     This component stores the parrot's learned phrases (both single words and multi-word phrases),
+///     and also controls time intervals and learning probabilities.
+/// </summary>
 [RegisterComponent]
 [Access(typeof(ParrotSpeechSystem))]
 public sealed partial class ParrotSpeechComponent : Component
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// The maximum number of words the parrot can learn per phrase.
-    /// Phrases are 1 to MaxPhraseLength words in length.
+    ///     The maximum number of words in a generated phrase if the parrot decides to combine single words.
     /// </summary>
     [DataField]
     public int MaximumPhraseLength = 7;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The maximum amount of single-word phrases the parrot can store.
+    /// </summary>
     [DataField]
-    public int MaximumPhraseCount = 20;
+    public int MaximumSingleWordCount = 60;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The maximum amount of multi-word phrases the parrot can store.
+    /// </summary>
     [DataField]
-    public int MinimumWait = 60; // 1 minutes
+    public int MaximumMultiWordCount = 20;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Minimum delay (in seconds) before the next utterance.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField]
+    public int MinimumWait = 60; // 1 minute
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Maximum delay (in seconds) before the next utterance.
+    /// </summary>
     [DataField]
     public int MaximumWait = 120; // 2 minutes
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// The probability that a parrot will learn from something an overheard phrase.
+    ///     Probability that the parrot learns an overheard phrase.
     /// </summary>
     [DataField]
     public float LearnChance = 0.2f;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     List of entities that are blacklisted from parrot listening.
+    ///     If the entity is in the blacklist, the parrot won't learn from them.
+    /// </summary>
     [DataField]
     public EntityWhitelist Blacklist { get; private set; } = new();
 
-    [DataField]
-    public TimeSpan? NextUtterance;
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Set of single-word phrases (unique words) the parrot has learned.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField(readOnly: true)]
+    public HashSet<string> SingleWordPhrases = new();
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Set of multi-word phrases (2 or more words) the parrot has learned.
+    /// </summary>
     [DataField(readOnly: true)]
-    public List<string> LearnedPhrases = new();
+    public HashSet<string> MultiWordPhrases = new();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The next time the parrot will speak (when the current time is beyond this value).
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField]
+    public TimeSpan? NextUtterance;
 }
diff --git a/Content.Server/_CorvaxNext/Speech/EntitySystems/ParrotSpeechSystem.cs b/Content.Server/_CorvaxNext/Speech/EntitySystems/ParrotSpeechSystem.cs
index 940a9a72ed5..1516c6c0850 100644
--- a/Content.Server/_CorvaxNext/Speech/EntitySystems/ParrotSpeechSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/_CorvaxNext/Speech/EntitySystems/ParrotSpeechSystem.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 namespace Content.Server.Speech.EntitySystems;
 
+/// <summary>
+///     This system handles the learning (when the parrot hears a phrase) and
+///     the random utterances (when the parrot speaks).
+/// </summary>
 public sealed class ParrotSpeechSystem : EntitySystem
 {
     [Dependency] private readonly IGameTiming _timing = default!;
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ public override void Initialize()
         base.Initialize();
 
         SubscribeLocalEvent<ParrotSpeechComponent, ListenEvent>(OnListen);
-        SubscribeLocalEvent<ParrotSpeechComponent, ListenAttemptEvent>(CanListen);
+        SubscribeLocalEvent<ParrotSpeechComponent, ListenAttemptEvent>(OnListenAttempt);
     }
 
     public override void Update(float frameTime)
@@ -28,58 +32,254 @@ public override void Update(float frameTime)
         var query = EntityQueryEnumerator<ParrotSpeechComponent>();
         while (query.MoveNext(out var uid, out var component))
         {
-            if (component.LearnedPhrases.Count == 0)
-                // This parrot has not learned any phrases, so can't say anything interesting.
+            // If the parrot has not learned anything, skip
+            if (component.SingleWordPhrases.Count == 0 && component.MultiWordPhrases.Count == 0)
                 continue;
+
+            // If parrot is controlled by a player (has Mind), skip
             if (TryComp<MindContainerComponent>(uid, out var mind) && mind.HasMind)
-                // Pause parrot speech when someone is controlling the parrot.
                 continue;
+
+            // Check the time to speak
             if (_timing.CurTime < component.NextUtterance)
                 continue;
 
-            if (component.NextUtterance is not null)
+            // Construct a phrase the parrot will say
+            var phrase = PickRandomPhrase(component);
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(phrase))
+                continue;
+
+            // Send the phrase to the chat system (hidden from chat/log to avoid spam)
+            _chat.TrySendInGameICMessage(uid, phrase, InGameICChatType.Speak,
+                hideChat: true,
+                hideLog: true,
+                checkRadioPrefix: false);
+
+            // Reset next utterance time
+            component.NextUtterance = _timing.CurTime +
+                TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_random.Next(component.MinimumWait, component.MaximumWait));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Picks a random phrase to utter. May be a single word, a multi-word phrase, or
+    ///     a combination of single words (up to MaximumPhraseLength).
+    /// </summary>
+    private string PickRandomPhrase(ParrotSpeechComponent component)
+    {
+        var singleCount = component.SingleWordPhrases.Count;
+        var multiCount = component.MultiWordPhrases.Count;
+        if (singleCount == 0 && multiCount == 0)
+            return string.Empty;
+
+        // 1) If we only have single words, use single approach
+        // 2) If we only have multi-word phrases, use multi approach
+        // 3) Otherwise, pick randomly among:
+        //    a) Single word
+        //    b) Full multi-word phrase
+        //    c) Combined single words
+
+        bool haveSingle = singleCount > 0;
+        bool haveMulti = multiCount > 0;
+
+        if (haveSingle && !haveMulti)
+        {
+            // Only single words exist
+            return PickSingleWordOrCombine(component);
+        }
+        else if (!haveSingle && haveMulti)
+        {
+            // Only multi-word phrases exist
+            return PickRandomMultiWord(component);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // We have both single and multi, choose approach
+            var roll = _random.Next(3); // 0..2
+            switch (roll)
             {
-                _chat.TrySendInGameICMessage(
-                    uid,
-                    _random.Pick(component.LearnedPhrases),
-                    InGameICChatType.Speak,
-                    hideChat: true, // Don't spam the chat with randomly generated messages
-                    hideLog: true, // TODO: Don't spam admin logs either.
-                                   // If a parrot learns something inappropriate, admins can search for
-                                   // the player that said the inappropriate thing.
-                    checkRadioPrefix: false);
+                case 0:
+                    // single word
+                    return PickSingleWord(component);
+                case 1:
+                    // multi-word phrase
+                    return PickRandomMultiWord(component);
+                default:
+                    // combined single words
+                    return CombineMultipleWords(component);
             }
+        }
+    }
 
-            component.NextUtterance = _timing.CurTime + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_random.Next(component.MinimumWait, component.MaximumWait));
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     If we only have single words, we can either speak a single one or combine them.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string PickSingleWordOrCombine(ParrotSpeechComponent component)
+    {
+        // 50% chance single word, 50% chance combine
+        if (_random.Prob(0.5f))
+        {
+            return PickSingleWord(component);
         }
+        else
+        {
+            return CombineMultipleWords(component);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Picks a random single word from SingleWordPhrases.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string PickSingleWord(ParrotSpeechComponent component)
+    {
+        var list = component.SingleWordPhrases.ToList();
+        return _random.Pick(list);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Picks a random multi-word phrase from MultiWordPhrases.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string PickRandomMultiWord(ParrotSpeechComponent component)
+    {
+        var list = component.MultiWordPhrases.ToList();
+        return _random.Pick(list);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Combines multiple single words (up to MaximumPhraseLength) into one phrase.
+    ///     The length is random from 1 to max, but not exceeding the total single words we have.
+    /// </summary>
+    private string CombineMultipleWords(ParrotSpeechComponent component)
+    {
+        var countAvailable = component.SingleWordPhrases.Count;
+        if (countAvailable == 0)
+            return string.Empty;
+
+        var maxCount = Math.Min(countAvailable, component.MaximumPhraseLength);
+        var wordsToUse = _random.Next(1, maxCount + 1);
+
+        var list = component.SingleWordPhrases.ToList();
+        _random.Shuffle(list);
+
+        var shuffled = list.Take(wordsToUse);
+        var combined = string.Join(" ", shuffled);
+        return combined;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     This event is triggered when the parrot hears someone speaking. If allowed, the parrot may learn it.
+    ///     Now we remove punctuation from the message, split into words, pick a random sub-chunk, and save both:
+    ///     - The whole sub-chunk as single or multi-word phrase
+    ///     - Each word from that sub-chunk as a single word
+    /// </summary>
     private void OnListen(EntityUid uid, ParrotSpeechComponent component, ref ListenEvent args)
     {
-        if (_random.Prob(component.LearnChance))
-        {
-            // Very approximate word splitting. But that's okay: parrots aren't smart enough to
-            // split words correctly.
-            var words = args.Message.Split(" ", StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-            // Prefer longer phrases
-            var phraseLength = 1 + (int) (Math.Sqrt(_random.NextDouble()) * component.MaximumPhraseLength);
+        // Random chance to learn
+        if (!_random.Prob(component.LearnChance))
+            return;
 
-            var startIndex = _random.Next(0, Math.Max(0, words.Length - phraseLength + 1));
+        // 1) Remove punctuation (replace it with spaces), convert to lower-case
+        var cleaned = RemovePunctuationAndToLower(args.Message);
 
-            var phrase = string.Join(" ", words.Skip(startIndex).Take(phraseLength)).ToLower();
+        // 2) Split into words
+        var words = cleaned.Split(" ", StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+        if (words.Length == 0)
+            return;
 
-            while (component.LearnedPhrases.Count >= component.MaximumPhraseCount)
-            {
-                _random.PickAndTake(component.LearnedPhrases);
-            }
+        // 3) Decide how many words we pick from the overheard message
+        var phraseLength = 1 + (int)(Math.Sqrt(_random.NextDouble()) * component.MaximumPhraseLength);
+        if (phraseLength > words.Length)
+            phraseLength = words.Length;
+
+        // 4) Pick a random start index
+        var startIndex = _random.Next(0, Math.Max(1, words.Length - phraseLength + 1));
+        var chunk = words.Skip(startIndex).Take(phraseLength).ToArray();
 
-            component.LearnedPhrases.Add(phrase);
+        // 5) If chunk has only 1 word, store it as single word
+        //    otherwise store it as a multi-word phrase
+        if (chunk.Length == 1)
+        {
+            LearnSingleWord(chunk[0], component);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            var phrase = string.Join(" ", chunk);
+            LearnMultiWord(phrase, component);
+        }
+
+        // 6) Independently, store all words of that chunk as single words (no duplicates)
+        foreach (var w in chunk)
+        {
+            LearnSingleWord(w, component);
         }
     }
 
-    private void CanListen(EntityUid uid, ParrotSpeechComponent component, ref ListenAttemptEvent args)
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Checks if the source is blacklisted. If so, the parrot won't listen.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void OnListenAttempt(EntityUid uid, ParrotSpeechComponent component, ref ListenAttemptEvent args)
     {
         if (_whitelistSystem.IsBlacklistPass(component.Blacklist, args.Source))
             args.Cancel();
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Adds a single word into the SingleWordPhrases set, removing a random word if we exceed the limit.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void LearnSingleWord(string word, ParrotSpeechComponent component)
+    {
+        // If we already have it, skip
+        if (component.SingleWordPhrases.Contains(word))
+            return;
+
+        // If we exceed maximum, remove a random single word
+        if (component.SingleWordPhrases.Count >= component.MaximumSingleWordCount)
+        {
+            var list = component.SingleWordPhrases.ToList();
+            var toRemove = _random.Pick(list);
+            component.SingleWordPhrases.Remove(toRemove);
+        }
+
+        component.SingleWordPhrases.Add(word);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Adds a multi-word phrase into the MultiWordPhrases set, removing a random phrase if we exceed the limit.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void LearnMultiWord(string phrase, ParrotSpeechComponent component)
+    {
+        // If we already have it, skip
+        if (component.MultiWordPhrases.Contains(phrase))
+            return;
+
+        // If we exceed maximum, remove a random multi-word phrase
+        if (component.MultiWordPhrases.Count >= component.MaximumMultiWordCount)
+        {
+            var list = component.MultiWordPhrases.ToList();
+            var toRemove = _random.Pick(list);
+            component.MultiWordPhrases.Remove(toRemove);
+        }
+
+        component.MultiWordPhrases.Add(phrase);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Replaces all punctuation with spaces and returns a lower-cased string.
+    ///     E.g. "Hello, world! I'm here." => "hello  world  i m here "
+    ///     then trimmed/split => "hello", "world", "i", "m", "here"
+    /// </summary>
+    private string RemovePunctuationAndToLower(string text)
+    {
+        var chars = text.ToCharArray();
+        for (var i = 0; i < chars.Length; i++)
+        {
+            if (char.IsPunctuation(chars[i]))
+            {
+                chars[i] = ' ';
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Convert to lower case
+        return new string(chars).ToLowerInvariant();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_CorvaxNext/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_CorvaxNext/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
index 8ef42e980e0..12bcb79c2c7 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/_CorvaxNext/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_CorvaxNext/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
     - map: ["enum.DamageStateVisualLayers.Base", "movement"]
       state: parrot-moving # until upstream
       sprite: _CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi
-  - type: SpriteMovement
-    movementLayers:
-      movement:
-        state: parrot-moving
-    noMovementLayers:
-      movement:
-        state: parrot-moving # until upstream
+  # - type: SpriteMovement # until upstream
+    # movementLayers:
+      # movement:
+        # state: parrot-moving
+    # noMovementLayers:
+      # movement:
+        # state: parrot-moving
   - type: Item
     sprite: _CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi
     size: Normal
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     sprite: _CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi
     slots:
     - HEAD
+    - NECK
   - type: Fixtures
     fixtures:
       fix1:
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/_CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi/equipped-NECK.png b/Resources/Textures/_CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi/equipped-NECK.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..668decbb7e6
Binary files /dev/null and b/Resources/Textures/_CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi/equipped-NECK.png differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/_CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/_CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi/meta.json
index e0d80415b48..976e23f348b 100644
--- a/Resources/Textures/_CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi/meta.json
+++ b/Resources/Textures/_CorvaxNext/Mobs/Animals/parrot.rsi/meta.json
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
       "name": "equipped-HELMET",
       "directions": 4
     },
+    {
+      "name": "equipped-NECK",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
     {
       "name": "inhand-left",
       "directions": 4