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Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks May · Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · BOU category AE

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
El Golli Mohamed, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Trumpeter Finch: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Trumpeter Finch has been recorded in 9 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in May.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
HZ27Shetland Islands, Scotland12026unverified
SS14Devon, England92011unverified
TG04Norfolk, England392008 to 2010unverified
TQ30Brighton and Hove, England22008unverified
TF94Norfolk, England12008unverified
TM23Suffolk, England602005unverified
TR01Kent, England152005unverified
TR16Kent, England102005unverified
TR37Kent, England12005unverified

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