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

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)

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

Terminologia theriologica taxonomica bulgarica (2024—2025)

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

The contribution of Knud Andersen in the study of the world’s chiropterofauna (2025)

Most recent publications

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. 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. 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]

Baumgart, W., Boev, Z., 2026. The importance of political, economic, and cultural factors in explaining fundamental ornithological problems. (A case study for Bulgaria). Part III. Sparrows (Passer spp.). — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 11: 1—12, Online First. https://doi.org/10.65437/bnhmp.11.4.1 [PDF]

Боев, З., Попов, А., Стоев, П., 2026. Националният природонаучен музей при Българската академия на науките в периода 2005-2011 г. — Bulletin of the Natural History Museum — Plovdiv, 11: 1—27. https://doi.org/10.65437/bnhmp.11.4.2 [PDF]

Боев, З., 2026. Тънкоклюният свирец — поредният жител на планетата, който я напусна. — Лов и риболов, 3: 62—64. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2026. Последните промени в климата и влиянието им върху птиците в България. — Лов и риболов, 2: 40—43. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2026. Немият лебед, днес украса в миналото — храна. — Лов и риболов, 1: 54—57. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2026. Лисицата повсеместна и винаги ценена. — Лов и риболов, 2: 62—65. [PDF]

Боев, З., 2026. Какво ни подсказва предвестникът на пролетта. — Лов и риболов, 3: 46—49. [PDF]

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