The sand-colored nighthawk (Chordeiles rupestris) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.

It is also found more narrowly along river corridors in eastern Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil.

The species inhabits the western Amazon basin, primarily along watercourses but including oxbow lakes and grassy clearings such as airstrips.

Its flight has been described as less erratic than that of other nightjars, with an "oddly mechanical"" flapping that resembles that of terns.

[8] The sand-colored nighhawk's breeding season spans from May through August in southeastern Peru and from June to September in central Brazil but has not been defined in the rest of its range.

The sand-colored nighthawk apparently seldom sings, but it does so from the ground, "a gurgling purr...interspersed with quiet throat-clearing sound and loud grawh notes."