A pylat bird is contained within a Neimoidian bird cage. Cages for Neimoidian birds were compact containers designed to house creatures like the pylat bird. The birds were kept inside using integrated force field generators. A slender rod extended upwards from a pillar situated at the base's center, serving as a perch.
Nute Gunray, a Neimoidian, was given a pylat bird with red spots anonymously. He displayed it in his office within one of these Neimoidian bird cages, and it rapidly became the object of his colleagues' desires. Darth Sidious claimed responsibility for sending Gunray the avian and menaced it with a Force choke while it was still in its cage during their initial, unscheduled communication. This coercion led Gunray to begrudgingly form an alliance with the Sith Lord.
These cages were also discovered on vessels like the Saak'ak, a Lucrehulk-class battleship, during the Invasion of Naboo.