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Research Professor DSc Zlatozar Boev, ornithologist, head of Vertebrates Department. Photo: (c) Dobrin Kashavelov
Research Professor DSc Zlatozar Boev, ornithologist, head of Vertebrates Department. Photo: (c) Dobrin Kashavelov

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


Action plan for conservation of Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus in Bulgaria. Bulgarian society for the protection of birds (2014—2020)
Conservation measures for the Lesser Spotted Eagle and its habitats in Bulgaria. LIFE18 NAT/BG/001051. Program Life — EC (2019—2024)
ROBG-471 New destinations in cross-border tourism, No e-MS ROBG 471 — Interreg: The museums of Craiova and Varshets (2018—2022)
History of the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2015—2024)
Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene birds of Northern Vietnam (2018—2022)
History of Bulgarian ornithology (2020—2022)
Digitisation of the palaeoornithological, archaeoornithological and osteological collections of birds at the National Museum of Natural History — BAS (2021—2022)

Most recent publications


Demerdzhiev, D., Boev, Z., Dobrev, D., Terziev, N., Nedyalkov, N., Stoychev, S., Petrov, T., 2022. Diet of Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) in Bulgaria: composition, distribution and variation. — Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: e77746. doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e77746 [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. History of the Bulgarian ornithology (A review of the research fields and achievements for 277 years with complete bibliography). — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, Supplement 3: 1—55. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. First record of the Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1823)) (Scolopacidae — Aves) in Bulgaria. — ZooNotes, 194: 1—3. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. Avian remains from the Palace Center and the Citadel of the medieval capital Pliska of Bulgaria (10th century AD). — ZooNotes, 195: 1—4. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. Animal remains of the Late Antique fortified site (4th—6th century AD) near Shipot village (Vidin Region, NW Bulgaria). — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 7: 5—11. [PDF]

Boev, Z., 2022. Alpine ibex (Capra ibex Linnaeus, 1758) in Bulgaria — fossil record, distribution and disappearance. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 7: 13—20. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2022. Националният природонаучен музей при БАН под ръководството на д-р Нено Атанасов (1947—1962 г.) — 15 следвоенни години на траен подем. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 7, [PDF]

Боев, З., 2022. Изкопаеми птици с името на България. — Природа — БАН, 1: 46—51. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Popgeorgiev, G., 2021. Animal remains of the medieval settlement (9th—10th century A. D.) near Nedan village (Veliko Tarnovo Region, CN Bulgaria). — ZooNotes, 170: 1—4. [PDF]

Boev, Z., Bozukov, V., 2021. Satovcha (Blagoevgrad Distict, SW Bulgaria), a new Middle Miocene avian locality. — Comptes rendus de l’Académie bulgare des Sciences, 74 (3): 406—411. [PDF]


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