Zlatozar Boev

(Professor DSc)

phone: (+359 87) 7089048; e-mail:

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.

list of avian taxa described by Zlatozar Boev [*.PDF]

Current projects

Conservation measures for the Lesser Spotted Eagle and its habitats in Bulgaria. LIFE18 NAT/BG/001051. Program Life — EC (2019—2024)

History of the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2015—2024)

Distributed System of Scientific Collections — Digitisation of the palaeoornithological, archaeoornithological and osteological collections of birds at the National Museum of Natural History — BAS (2021—2023)

Quaternary vertebrate fauna of Bulgaria — composition, chronology and impoverishment (2022—2023)

Terminologia ornithologica bulgarica. Part I. Taxonomia (2023—2024)

Terminologia ornithologica bulgarica. Part II. Morphologia (2024—2025)

Most recent publications

Fladerer, F.A., Chatzopoulou, K., Steier, P., Bolka, M., Boev, Z., 2023. Eagle owls’ predation within a highly diversified Late Glacial landscape: remains of pikas and hares (Lagomorpha) from the Loutra Almopias Cave (Central Macedonia, Greece). — Geologica Balcanica 52 (2): 3—28. [PDF]

Demerdzhiev, D. A., Dobrev, D. D., Boev, Z. N., 2023. Grassland Alterations Do Not Affect Breeding Success, but Can Explain Dietary Shifts of a Generalist Raptor Species. — Diversity 2023, 15, 422. doi:10.3390/d15030422 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2023. Quaternary vertebrate fauna of Bulgaria –- composition, chronology and impoverishment. — Geologica Balcanica, 52 (1): 21—48. doi:10.52321/GeolBalc.52.1.21 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2023. Fossil record and distribution of the Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phasianidae — Aves) in Bulgaria. — Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences, 76 (4): 549—553. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2023. Щрауси в Антарктида. — Природа — БАН, 1: 62—65. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2023. Ужасните птици. — Природа — БАН, 1: 56—61. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2023. Сивият жерав — някогашна ловна птица, днешна икона на природозащитата. — Лов и риболов, 1: 68—73. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2023. Мамутът — дивеч за най-смелите ловци. — Лов и риболов, 2: 70—75. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2023. Из историята на Националния природонаучен музей при БАН: Трудното възстановяване. Музеят под ръководството на чл.-кор. проф. д-р Александър Вълканов (1965 — 1971 г.). — Обучение по природни науки и върхови технологии, 32 (1): 767—787. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2023. Глухарят — древен и съвременен ловен трофей. — Лов и риболов, 4: 64—68. [PDF]

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