New update: ☺☺ Other sounds. ☺☺ Fix Bugs. ☺☺ New icon. ☺☺. Please Support Us By Rating Us 5. A rooster, also known as a cockerel or cock, is a male gallinaceous bird, usually a male chicken. He sounds a distinctive alarm call if predators are nearby. Roosters typically crow to alert other nearby chickens to their territorial claim.