Editing Common swift (section)

==In culture==
In medieval Italy, swifts (rondone) were encouraged to nest in towers and buildings using ''rondonare'', holes left in the wall and special constructions under the eaves of buildings. Young birds were harvested for eating but there were rules about leaving at least one young in the nest.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Atti Soc. Nat. Mat. Di Modena|volume=149 |year=2018| author=Ferri, Mauro| title=Le "rondonare": come attrarre i rondoni negli edifici, dal Medioevo ai nostri giorni|url=https://www.socnatmatmo.unimore.it/download/Atti2018.pdf|lang=it}}</ref>
 
The [[heraldry|heraldic]] bird known as the "[[martlet]]", which is represented without feet, may have been based on the swift, but is generally assumed to refer to the house martin; it was used for the arms of younger sons, perhaps because it symbolized their landless wandering.