- A kite is a bird, a member of any of several genera in the family Accipitridae in the raptor order Accipitriformes, related to the hawks, eagles, buzzards and Old World vultures.
See also Black-winged Kite in the genus Elanus.
- A kite is a human-made object, design to fly by opposing the force of the wind with the tension of a string held by the operator. See: kite flying.
- A kite is also a diamond shaped quadrilateral. See: geometric kite.
- Mr Kite was a famous Victorian showman made famous (again) in the song Being For the Benefit of Mr Kite by the Beatles.
- Fred Kite was a character in I'm All Right Jack! played by Peter Sellers.