Dead Kite (bird) in dreams
A high, graceful scavenger — opportunism dressed as elegance.
How dead changes the reading
Dead in the dream means the symbol's energy is no longer in active circulation in your life. The reading is not necessarily grim — most often it is the dream noting that something you had been carrying has run its full course and you can stop carrying it.
The base reading of Kite (bird)
A kite in a dream — the bird, not the toy — is the dream's image of the opportunist whose movement looks beautiful from the ground. Kites circle, ride thermals, and pick up what has already fallen. The dream uses the bird when you are watching, or being, someone who collects credit and resource without doing the kill. A kite circling overhead is the dream marking the presence of such a person around you. A kite you are flying with, or flying as, is the dream asking whether the elegance of your method is hiding what you actually take.