The Australian little penguin (Eudyptula novaehollandiae), also called the fairy penguin, is a species of penguin from Australia and the Otago region of New Zealand. The species was described as Spheniscus novaehollandiae in 1826. It was later reclassified as Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae, a subspecies of the little penguin. After a 2016 study, Eudyptula novaehollandiae was again recognized as a distinct species.