Zlatozar Boev

(Professor DSc)

phone: (+359 2) 987 93 26; (+359 2) 988 51 15 (ext. 620, 640); e-mail:
web: http://boev-nmnh.hit.bg

Born: 20 October 1955, Sofia.
Education: Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ (1980).
Speciality: zoology.

Vertebrates Department

Research interests

Palaeornithology; archaeornithology; evolution of birds and palaeoavifaunas; bone and external morphology of birds; disappearance and extinction of avian taxa; history of zoology, ornithology, palaeontology and natural science collections.

Current projects

Action plan for conservation of Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus in Bulgaria. Bulgarian society for the protection of birds (2009—2018)

‘Loutra Arideas Cave — A Late Pleistocene Cave Bear Site in the Almopia Speleopark (Pella, Macedonia, Greece)’ — Thessaloniki University, Austrian Academy of Sciences (in part on fossil birds) (2009—2011)

Mesozoic and Neozoic fauna and evolution of the palaeoenvironment of Bulgaria and Europe. BAS (2009—2011)

History of the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. BAS (2010—2012)

Selected publications

Boev, Z. 1993. Archaeo-ornithology and the synanthropisation of birds: a case study for Bulgaria. — In: Archaeornithology: Birds and the Archaeological Record. Proceedings of the First Meeting of the ICAZ Bird Working Group. Madrid. October 1992. — Archaeofauna, 2: 145—153.

Bochenski, Zb., T. Tomek, Z. Boev, Iv. Mitev. 1993. Patterns of bird bone fragmentation in pellets of the Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) and the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) and their taphonomic implications. — Acta zoologica cracoviensia, Krakow, 36 (2): 313—328.

Boev, Z. 1994. The Upper Pleistocene Birds. — In: Kozlowski, J. K., H. Laville, B. Ginter (eds.) Temnata Cave. Excavations in Karlukovo Karst Area, Bulgaria. Jagellonian Univ. Press. Cracow. 1.2.: 55—86.

Boev, Z. 1995. Middle Villafranchian birds from Varshets (Western Balkan Range — Bulgaria). — In: Peters, D. (ed.). Acta palaeornithologica. 3. Symposium SAPE. 5. Internat. Senckenberg-Konferenz 22-26 Juni 1992. — Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. Frankfurt a. M., 181: 259—269.

Boev, Z. 1996. Tertiary Avian Localities of Bulgaria. — In: Mlikovsky, J. (ed.) Tertiary avian localities of Europe. Acta universitatis Carolinae Geologica. Univerzita Karlova. Praha, 39 (1995): 541—545.

Bernard-Laurent, A., Z. Boev. 1997. Alecrotis graeca Rock Partridge. — In: — Hagemeijer, W. J. M., M. J. Blair (eds.). The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds. Their Distribution and Abundance. T & A D Poyser, London: 207.

Boev, Z. 1997. The Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix (L., 1758) (Tetraonidae, Aves), a disappeared species in Bulgaria (Paleolithic and Neolithic records). — Anthropozoologica, 25—26: 643—646.

Boev, Z. 1997. Wild Galliform and Gruiform Birds (Aves, Galliformes and Gruiformes) in the Archaeological Record of Bulgaria. — Osteoarchaeology, London, 7: 430—439.

Boev, Z. 1998. A range fluctuation of Alpine swift (Apus melba (L., 1758)) (Apodidae — Aves) in Nothern Balkan Peninsula in the Riss-Wurm interglacial. — Biogeographia, Nuova Serie, Siena, 19 — 1997: 213—218.

Boev, Z. 1998. Peafowls (g. Pavo Linnaeus, 1758) and Ptarmigans (g. Lagopus Brisson, 1760): an unique coexistance in North Bulgaria over 3 m. y. ago. — Biogeographia, Nuova Serie, Siena, 19 — 1997: 219—222.

Boev, Z. 2000. Cygnus verae sp. n. (Anseriformes: Anatidae) from the Early Pliocene of Sofia (Bulgaria). — Acta zoologica cracovienzia, Krakow, 43 (1—2): 185—192.

Boev, Z. 2001 Early Pliocene avifauna of Muselievo (C Northern Bulgaria) — Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 44 (1): 37—52.

Boev, Z. 2001. Birds over the mammoth’s head in Bulgaria. — In: Cavaretta, G., P. Gioia, M. Mussi, M. R. Palombo. The World of Elephants. Proceedings of the 1st International Congress. Roma, 16—20.10.2001: 180—186.

Boev, Z. 2002. Tetraonidae Vigors, 1825 (Galliformes — Aves) in the Neogene-Quaternary record of Bulgaria and the origin and evolution of the family. — In: Proceedings of the 4th Meeting of the ICAZ Bird Working Group, Krakow, Poland, 11—15.09.2001. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 45 (special issue): 263—282.

Boev, Z., 2002. Neogene avifauna of Bulgaria. — In: Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. (eds.). Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Palaeontology and Evolution, Beijing, 01—04.06.2000. Science Press, Beijing, 29—40.

Boev, Z. 2003. Specimens of extinct and threatened birds in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia, Bulgaria. — In: Collar, N., C. Fisher, Ch. Feare (Eds.). Why Museums Mater; Avian Archives in Age of Extinction. British Ornithologists’ Club. 123A — Suppl. 2003: 234—245.

Boev, Z. 2003. The Ornithological Collection of Emil Werner in the National Museum of Natural History of Sofia. — In: Rheinwald, G. (ed.) Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 51 (2/3) (2002). Spec. issue: Bird Collection in Europe: 193—195.

Boev, Z. 2003. The Ornithological Collections of the National Museum of Natural History of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: their History and Scientific Value. — In: Rheinwald, G. (ed.) Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 51 (2/3) (2002). Spec. issue: Bird Collection in Europe: 157—163.

Boev, Z. 2005. Fossil birds in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia: composition, development and scientific value. — Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 79—3 (4): 35—44.

Boev, Z., G. Koufos 2006. The late Miocene vertebrate locality of Perivolaki, Thessaly, Greece. 2. Aves. — In: Koufos, G. (ed.). The late Miocene vertebrate locality of Perivolaki, Thessaly, Greece. — Palaeontographica, 276: 11—22.

Milchev, B., Z. Boev, V. Georgiev 2006. Birds in the Diet of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in SE Bulgaria. — Acrocephalus, 27 (128—129): 59—63.

Boev, Z. M. Beech. 2007. The Bird Bones. — In: A. G. Poulter (ed.). Nicopolis ad Istrum. A Late Roman and Early Byzantine City. The Finds and the Biological Remains. Oxbow Books. The Society of Antiquaries of London. London. 242—253 + 307—318.

Boev, Z., D. Kovachev 2007. Euroceros bulgaricus gen. nov., sp. nov. from Hadzhidimovo (SW Bulgaria) (Late Miocene) — the first European record of Hornbills (Aves: Coraciiformes). — Geobios, 40: 39—49.

Boev, Z., B. Milchev, V. Popov 2007. Fauna, Zoogeography, and Ecology of Birds in Bulgaria. — In: Fet, V., A. Popov (Eds.) Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria. Springer, Dordrecht, 39—84.

Boev, Z. 2008. Afro-tropical and Afro-Indo-Malayan elements in the Neogene avifauna of Bulgaria and their paleozoogeographical implementations. — EGU 2008 session SSP16: ‘Paratethys — Mediterranean — Indopacific climatic, biotic and sedimentologic evolution’; Geophysical Research Abstract, Vol. 10 EGU2008-A-01628, 2008 SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2008-A-01628 European Geosciences Union. General Assembly 2008, Vienna, 13—18 April 2008. [ID-NR: EGU2008-A-01798].

BUNARCO [Ivanov, B., P. Iankov, Z. Boev, D. Georgiev, L. Profirov, M. Dimitrov] 2009. List of the Birds Recorded in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 61 (1): 3—26.

Boev, Z. 2009. Status of the Gannet Morus bassanus in the Black Sea Region. — Acrocephalus, 30 (140): 31—34.

Boev, Z., N. Spassov 2009. First record of ostriches (Aves, Struthioniformes, Struthionidae) from the late Miocene of Bulgaria with taxonomic and zoogeographic discussion. — Geodiversitas, 31 (3): 493—507.

Boev, Z. 2010. Prof. Nikolay Burchak-Abramovich’s private collection of Late Pleistocene birds from Binagada (Azerbaijan) — a lost treasure of avian paleontology: general review of the exploration of the site and its scientific value. — Proc. 5th Int. Meet. Europ. Bird Curators. — Nat. Hist. Mus. Vienna, Vienna, January 2010: 169—198.

Boev, Z. 2010. Gyps bochenskii sp. n. (Aves: Falconiformes) from the Late Pliocene of Varshets (NW Bulgaria). — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 62 (2): 211—242.

— Popular science books

Boev, Z. 1990. What do we know about birds. Sofia. Otechestvo Publishing House, 1—200.

Boev. Z. 1991. The terrible lizards. Sofia. Delta Books Publishing House. 1—16.

Boev, Z. 1992. The ten rarest animals of the world. Sofia. Meridian Press Publishing House, 1—16.

Boev, Z. 1993. Encyclopedia of birds. Sofia. Otechestvo Publishing House, 1—128.

Boev, Z. 1993. Parrots. Sofia. Meridian Press Publishing House, 1—16.

Boev, Z. 1994. In the world of fishes. Sofia. Prosveta Publishing House, 1—32.

Boev, Z. 1994. In the world of Amphibians. Sofia. Prosveta Publishing House, 1—32.

Boev, Z. 1995. In the world of Butterflies. Sofia. Prosveta Publishing House, 1—32.

Boev, Z. 2000. Ten armed animals. Sofia — Moscow. Pensoft Publishers, 1—24.

[Boev, Z.] 2005. Animals in the Natural Landscapes. First Illustrated Encyclopedia. Sofia, Fyut Publ. House, 1—335.

Boev, Z. 2006. Ten flying cats. Pensoft Publishers. Sofia — Moscow, 1—28.

Boev, Z. 2008. Brief history of nature protection in Bulgaria. Pensoft. Sofia — Moscow, 1—46.

— Textbooks

Boev, Z., P. Andreeva 1995. Zoology. A textbook for the 6th class of the subsidiary schools. Sofia. Prosveta Publishing House, 1—128 (in Bulgarian).

Boev, Z., P. Andreeva 1999. Zoology. A textbook for the 6th class of the subsidiary schools. Sofia. Petar Beron Publishing House, 1—128 (in Bulgarian).

Boev, Z., A. Petrova, V. Georgiev (Eds). 2003. Short guide of the animals and plants included in the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (The Washington Convention — CITES). Ministry of Environment and Waters, Customs Agency, Sofia, 1—64 (in Bulgarian).

Boev, Z., Petrova, A., Anachkova, S., Georgiev, V. (Eds). 2003. Concise Identification Guide of Animals and Plants Included in the Appendices of the Convention on International trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Ministry of Environmental and Waters, Sofia, Bulgaria. Second revised edition. May 2003, 1—64 (in Bulgarian).

Boev, Z., P. Andreeva (in press). Zoology. A textbook for the 6-th class of the subsidiary schools. Sofia. Prosveta Publishing House, 1—128 (in Bulgarian).

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