I have checked, double checked and triple checked, I certainly have the branch name correct.
I have tried this:
curl -X POST https://circleci.com/api/v1.1/project/bitbucket/:username/:project/tree/feature/bogus-ci-pr-test?circle-token=:token
And this:
curl -X POST https://circleci.com/api/v1.1/project/bitbucket/:username/:project/tree/feature%2Fbogus-ci-pr-test?circle-token=:token
In both cases I get:
{
"message" : "Branch not found"
}
Also see: Cannot trigger build on a branch with slash in name using API