R, Python and other codes/scripts for data analysis used in our articles
* We are not professional data scientists or programmers, so if you find any errors or issues in our scripts, we would greatly appreciate it if you let us know 😊
Quick access to
- Data analysis codes/scripts
- Statistics for directional data (circular)
- Data visualization codes/scripts
- Other codes/scripts
- Video preparation for further analysis
Data analysis codes/scripts
Estimation of II-type error probability
(in circular statistics)
1) project: MagBird (article – Pakhomov et al. 2022)
link: GitHub (author: Fyodor Cellarius).
2) project: MagBird (article – Utvenko et al., 2025)
link: GitHub (author: Fyodor Cellarius)
Video analysis of flight activity and orientation of red admiral in the Mouritsen-Frost flight simulator
1) using custom-written neural networks (Caterpillar)
project: MagButterfly (article – Pakhomov et al., 2023 preprint)
link: GitHub (author: Fyodor Cellarius)
2) using DeepLabCut data
project: MagButterfly (article – Pakhomov et al., 2025 preprint)
link: download (author: Fyodor Cellarius)
3) analysis of heading on each frame
project: MagButterfly
link: download
Kruskal-Wallis test (+plot)
project: MagButterly (article – Pakhomov et al., 2025 preprint)
link: download
Fisher test (+plot)
project: MagButterly (article – Pakhomov et al., 2025 preprint)
link: download
Statistics for directional data (circular)
Bootstrap analysis for mean vector length + plot
project: MagBirds (article – Zolotareva et al., 2021)
link: download (author: Alex Pakhomov).
The Moore’s modified Rayleigh test (MMRT) + plot
project: MagButterly (article – Pakhomov et al., 2025 preprint)
link: modified version of R script from Hui et al, 2026): Download
The Moore’s modified Rayleigh test (MMRT) + plot
link: download
The classical Rayleigh test + plots
project: MagButterly, MagBirds (article – Pakhomov et al., 2025 preprint)
Terminal version: download
Estimation of the directionality of birds in Emlen funnels based on the number of scratches
project: our birds articles
link: GitHub (author N. Zelenova)
Power analysis for Mardia-Watson-Wheeler test, n of animals in experimental group
link: download (author: Dmitry Kishkinev).
Data visualization codes/scripts
Map of specific region on Earth (bw and colour)
(for articles)
link: download, (author: Alex Pakhomov)
Map of Europe
(for articles)
link: download, (author: Alex Pakhomov)
Spectrum of light
project: MagButterly, MagBirds (article – Pakhomov et al., 2025 preprint)
link: download, (author: Alex Pakhomov)
Maps of selected geographic regions displaying magnetic field parameters (total intensity and inclination)
(for articles)
link: download
Maps of selected geographic regions displaying magnetic field parameters (total intensity and inclination) alongside species distribution ranges from the BirdLife database.
(for articles)
link: download
Video preparation for further analysis
Simple Python script to crop your video
project: all vidoe projects
link: Download.
Simple Python scripts to convert your .h264 raw video file to .mp4
project: MagButterly (article – Pakhomov et al., 2025 preprint)
link: Download
Simple Python scripts to convert your .h264 raw video file to .mp4 and crop them simultaneously
project: all video projects
link: Download
Animal Navigation Lab 