Chanticleer and the Fox it clear that its inspiration was Edmond Rostand's drama "Chantecler" about a cock that believed the sun would not rise unless it crowed first. Several other works claim to be inspired by Chaucer's tale but, like Rostand's play and the 1990 cartoon feature film Rock-a-Doodle based on it, have little connection with the original Renart Cycle version beyond using the name Chanticleer, or variants of it. Chanticleer and the Fox Chanticleer and the Fox is a fable that dates from the Middle Ages. Though it can be compared to Aesop's fable of The Fox and the Crow, it is of
Guianan cock-of-the-rock as the type species of its genus. The Andean cock-of-the-rock ("Rupicola peruvianus") is similar in body shape and colouration. The generic and specific names are derived from the Latin words "rupes" "rock" or "cliff", and "cola" "inhabiting", which express its habit of nesting on rock walls. As suggested by its name, the Guianan cock-of-the-rock is found in the Guianan Shield, occurring in French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, southern Venezuela, eastern Colombia and northern Amazonian Brazil. Its preferred habitats are humid forests near rocky outcrops. They are normally found at an altitude of . The Guianan cock-of-the-rock has distinctive territorial markings. Males