In this first Neotropical study of its kind, we evaluated the effect of the segmentation caused by a right-of-way corridor on the avian community of a central Colombian forest. There were no| differences in species richness or composition between the two forest fragments created by the opening of the ROW. Forest interior bird species were almost absent from the corridor and less abundant close to it, open-area species were common in the corridor and up to 20 m inside the forest although there was a significant difference between the portion of the