Zlatozar Boev

(Professor DSc)

phone: (+359 87) 8668880; 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

Manual for identification of the wing phalanx (phalanx proximalis digiti majoris) of European birds. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences — National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Joint Project (2023—2025).

Neanderthal and early modern human interactions in the Central Balkans (NEEMO). Serbian Ministry of Science (2022—2024)

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)

Terminologia theriologica taxonomica bulgarica (2024—2025)

Most recent publications

Boev, Z., 2025. Woodland Birds from Neolithic Settlements in Bulgaria. — Diversity, 17, 107. doi:10.3390/d17020107 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2025. Birds from Chalcolithic Settlements in the Plains of Bulgaria. — Quaternary, 8, 10: 1—11. doi:10.3390/quat8010010 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2025. Animal remains from the Monastery of Chargubilya Mostich in Veliki Preslav (10—12th c. AD) — NE Bulgaria. — ZooNotes, 255: 1—4. doi:10.69085/zn20250255 [PDF]

Боев, З., 2025. Мечката — заплаха или дивеч? — Лов и риболов, 1: 56—59. [PDF]

Undjian, E., Nankinov, D., Darakchiev, A., Petrov, T., Apostolov, A., Boev, Z., 2024. Avifauna of the Sandanski-Petrich Valley (Blagoevgrad Region, SW Bulgaria) after data from the Rupite Ornithological Station (1976—1978). — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Plovdiv, 9: 1—38. [PDF]

Petrova, V. D., Lyuncheva, M., Iliev, I., Yaneva, M., Nikolov, V., Vitezovic, S., Zidarov,P., Mitov, K., Hadzhipetkov, I., Taneva, S., Boev, Z., Fidanoska, A., Hristova, I., Marinova, E., 2024. Archaeological excavations at a Late Neolithic pit site near the village of Hadzhidimitrovo, Yambol region. — In: Alexandrov, St. (Ed.). Archaeological Rescue Еxcavations along the Trakia Motorway Route, LOT 1 — 4. Part I. Prehistory, Bulged, Sofia, 7—94. (in Bulgarian, English summary). [PDF]

Iankov, P., Boev, Z., 2024. Atanasovsko Lake (Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria) — a new European breeding site of the Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811). — Larus, 59: 163—167. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Nedyalkov, N., Georgiev, D., Spassov, N., 2024. Late Pleistocene birds and mammals from the Kiliite Cave (Central Stara Planina Mts — Central North Bulgaria). — Geologica Balcanica, 53 (1) : 105—115. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Manev, A., Harizanov, A., Dedov, I., 2024. Archaeozoological material from the Late Antique fortified settlement near the modern-day town of Dimovo, northwestern Bulgaria. — Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology, 14 (2): 217—233. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Bautista, J., 2024. Golden Eagle Paleosubspecies. Around the World, with Emphasis on the Balkan Peninsula. — In: Bautista, J., Ellis, D. (eds). The Golden Eagle Around the World. Biology and Conservation the Golden Eagle Around the World. Hancock House Publishers Ltd, Surrey, Canada, 22—27. [PDF]

— More complete list of publications — section e-Natura | Staff publications