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Nedko Nedyalkov. Photo: (c) Nedko Nedyalkov
Nedko Nedyalkov. Photo: (c) Nedko Nedyalkov

Nedko Nedyalkov

(Senior Assistant, Dr, curator)
phone: (+359 87) 8546886, e-mail:

Born 7 September 1982, Chirpan.
Education: MSc in Ecology — Plovdiv University ‘Paisii Hilendarski’ (2006); PhD in Zoology — National Museum of Natural History (Sofia) (2014).

Research interests


Ecology, conservation, taxonomy and evolution of small mammals; feeding biology of birds of prey and owls.

Field experience


Bulgaria, Mongolia (2008), Kazakhstan (2009), Romania (2009), Turkey (2009—2014), Morocco (2013).

Most recent publications


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]

Demerdzhiev, D. A., Dobrev, D. D., Delchev, A. G., Angelov, I. D., Terziev, N. G., Iliev, M. D., Georgiev, G. S., Boev, Z. N., Nedyalkov, N. P., Arkumarev, V. S., 2023. Distribution, population status, habitats, and conservation of Lesser Spotted Eagle in Bulgaria. — Proceedings of Conferences Raptors Conservation 2023, Suppl. 2: 32—34. doi:10.19074/1814-8654-2023-2-32-34 [PDF]

Demerdzhiev, D. A., Dobrev, D. D., Boev, Z. N., Nedyalkov, N. P., Delchev, A. G., Stoychev, S. A., Petrov, T. H., 2023. Grassland alterations do not affect breeding success, but lead to dietary shifts of Eastern Imperial Eagle, a top predator: a case of successful adaptation. — Proceedings of Conferences Raptors Conservation 2023, Suppl. 2: 290—294. doi:10.19074/1814-8654-2023-2-290-294 [PDF]

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]

Demerdzhiev, D., Boev, Z., Dobrev, D., Nedyalkov, N., Petrov, T., 2022. Does Temporal and Spatial Diet Alteration Lead to Successful Adaptation of a Top Predator. — Diversity 2022, 14, 1000. doi:10.3390/d14111000 [PDF]

Nedyakov, N., Vergilov, V., Zlatkov, B., 2021. Penis morphology of two European mole species (Soricomorpha, Talpidae). — Biologia. doi:10.1007/s11756-021-00738-5

Kryštufek, B., Hoffmann, I., Nedyalkov, N., Pozdnyakov, A., Vohralík, V., 2020. Cricetus cricetus (Rodentia: Cricetidae). — Mammalian Species, 52 (988): 10—26. doi:10.1093/mspecies/seaa001

Русин, М., Тихонов, А., Павлова, С., Гхазали, М., Килякова, В., Недялков, Н., Мартинтынов, А., Матросова, В., 2019. Современное распространение мышовок (Sicista) на Кавказе. Млекопитающие России: фаунистика и вопросы териогеографии, Ростов-на-Дону, 17—19 апрeля 2019, 237—238. —

Nedyalkov, N., Popgeorgiev, G., Staneva, A., 2018. Updated distribution of the elusive Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse, Myomimus roachi Bate, 1937 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Gliridae) in Bulgaria. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 29: 3—8. doi:10.48027/hnb.29.01001

Kryštufek, B., Nedyalkov, N., Astrin, J., Hutterer, R., 2018. News from the Balkan refugium: Thrace has an endemic mole species (Mammalia: Talpidae). — Bonn zoological Bulletin, 67 (1): 41—57.


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