Every Dragonriding Mount we’ve received so far has come with a fully comprehensive suite of appropriate animations (except maybe swimming). This gallant parrot should be able to stand, walk, and run along solid ground, just like the more recently built bird mounts can. Anyone agree?
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For those who dont have it yet, what does it do instead? Just hover?
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I agree with you, however, the birds which can walk on solid ground is different from other birds. Don’t you agree?
Maybe, that’s why they didn’t add that animations to Polly Rogers.
Yes, hovering–similar to the Rogue class mounts.
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I wish it did also. And Ashes and it’s purple recolour should be able to land instead of just flapping next to the ground- they need feet!
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Same for the old owl and crow form for druids. It can stand, but not walk. 
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One of his legs is a hook…
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When you git the ground he also “smashes” like other dragonriding mounts…even though he never touches the ground. Rip. I can’t use this lol
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Sounds like it’s the same “ground animations” as on the other parrot like mounts, like that mechanical parrot from BfA. Just sort of flaps its wings hovering just above the ground as apposed to standing/running with wings folded in.
Since its a similar type of mount, it makes sense they would have just reused the same sort of animations, or lack thereof, of existing similar mounts.
Certainly would have been cool if they did something a little different, tho.
/moo 
EXACTLY! I’ve been wanting that from the very start. The baby phoenix battlepet has feet. Are they expecting us to assume they just drop off as they mature?
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As a helpful hint for future use, in this case, you wanna use “suite”.
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All mounts who share the same skelleton are like that: the parrots, the rogue ravens, the arcane and fire hawks, the albatrosses and the mechaparrot. And honestly, i prefer like this. Their legs are too small. Just look at the parrot landed at plunderstorm lobby. It’s just weird.
It does indeed just hover above the ground.
I’d love if they updated the “hovering” mount rigs (like the parrots/birds, cloud serpents, A’lar, Ji-kun, etc) to have proper ground animations, but I suspect they’re one of those things where some people will go “omg wtf blizz why my bird walk you ruined my mount this is a real slap in the face.”
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it’s got a hook for a leg, of course it’s always hovering
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All parrot mounts don’t have a ground animation.
It’s always something.
Yes, I’m aware that all the giant parrots, except for the mechanical one, have a hook for one foot and rely on the standard ancient bird frame. So, they can animate a hobbling walk and run. Have the parrot splay it’s wings out a little bit so that it can stay balanced. They could even add an additional idle animation where it cleans the hook with it’s beak. As the ultimate pirate’s mount, I say let them have something unique. Feels worthwhile to me.