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

Late Pleistocene birds from Thanh Hoa Province (Northern Vietnam)

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

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

Thracians — Genesis and Ethnic Development, Cultural Identities, Civilization Interactions and Heritage of Antiquity — Study of animal osteological materials (wild and domestic) from Neolithic to Late Middle Ages in order to search for continuity

History of the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Most recent publications

Boev, Z., Gradev, G., Klisurova, H., Klisurov, I., Petrov, R., 2020. First record of the northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita (Linnaeus, 1758) in Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 41: 23—26. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2020. First European Neogene record of true pheasants from Gorna Sushitsa (SW Bulgaria). — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 41: 33—39. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2020. Bird images in the mosaics of Late Antique basilicas in the town of Sandanski (Blagoevgrad Region, SW Bulgaria). — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 41: 13—21. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Tsoukala, E., 2019. Late Pleistocene and Earliest Holocene avifauna from the Loutra Almopias Cave (Macedonia, Greece). — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 40: 1—31. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Todorov, O., 2019. The avian collection of the former Saint Augustine College of the Regional Natural History Museum in Plovdiv. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 35: 1—11. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2019. Fossil record of the Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach, 1799)) (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) in Bulgaria. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 4: 27—31. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2019. Late Pleistocene avifauna of Nanin Kamak Cave (CN Bulgaria). — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 4: 21—25. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2019. Animal remains of the medieval settlement near Brankovtsi village (Vidin Region, NW Bulgaria). — ZooNotes, 148: 1—4. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2019. Late Antiquity animal remains of the military settlement near Barkach village (Pleven Region, CN Bulgaria). — ZooNotes, 145: 1—3. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2019. A White Stork (Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758)) nest — an unique case of multiple nesting commensalism of five species from Dragoman (W Bulgaria). — ZooNotes, 144: 1—4. [PDF]

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