Zlatozar Boev

(Professor DSc)

phone: (+359 87) 8668880; e-mail:

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

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 Miocene avifauna of Stanyantsi, NW Bulgaria (2026—2027)

Late Chalcolithic avifauna of Sozopol, SE Bulgaria (2026—2027)

Terminologia ornithologica bulgarica. Part II. Morphologia (2025—2026)

The importance of political, economic, and cultural factors in solving fundamental ornithological problems (A case study for Bulgaria) (2025—2026)

Most recent publications

Nedyalkov, N., Boev, Z., Kolev, I., 2026. New Data on the Diet of the Tawny Owl Strix aluco (Aves: Strigiformes) from Bulgaria. — Acta Zoologica bulgarica, 78: [1—7]. https://doi.org/10.71424/azb78.3.003137 [PDF]

Milosevic, S., Dimitrijevic, V., Marin-Arroyo, A. B., Boev, Z., Bosnic, M. G., Bogicevic, K., Plavsic Gogic, S., Mihailovic, D., Djurovic, M., Roksandic, M., Mihailovic, D., 2026. The deer connection: cervids as a revolving resource in early Neanderthal subsistence at the onset of the Middle Paleolithic in the hinterlands of Mediterranean Europe. — In: Mihailovic, D., Radovic, P. (eds) Eastern Mediterranean Contact Area in the Paleolithic, pp. 35—54. ISBN 978-86-6427-415-9. [PDF]

Boev, Z. N., 2026. Connecting Europe and Asia: The Neogene birds of Bulgaria and their paleoenvironmental and paleornithogeographical significance. — Geologica Balcanica, 55 (2): 65—75. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2026. Quaternary record of corvids (Corvidae — Passeriformes, Aves) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoologica bulgarica. Published online 05 August 2026 [1—8]. https://doi.org/10.71424/azb78A.003114 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2026. Past Distribution of Bustards (Otidiformes Wagler, 1830) in Bulgaria. — Birds 2026, 7 (2), 24: 1—14. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds7020024 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2026. Nikolay Boev and Nature Conservation in Bulgaria. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv. 11: 1—15. Online First https://doi.org/10.65437/bnhmp.11.4.6 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2026. Knud Andersen’s Contribution to the Study of the World’s Chiropterofauna. — Acta zoologica bulgarica, 78 (1):81—83. https://doi.org/10.71424/azb78.1.002967 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2026. History of the Red Data Book of Bulgaria. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 11: [1—13]. Online First. https://doi.org/10.65437/bnhmp.11.4.4 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2026. Biobibliography of the prominent Bulgarian ornithologist, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bozhidar Ivanov on the occasion of his 80th anniversary. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 11: 1—19 Online First. https://doi.org/10.65437/bnhmp.11.4.3 [PDF]

Bochenski, Z. M., Tomek, T., Boev, Z., Wertz, K., 2026. Phalanx Proximalis Digiti Majoris: A Manual for the Identification of European Birds. — International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2026; 0: 1—33. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.70131 [PDF]

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