A Wheatbelt company has been fined $25,000 for illegally clearing almost 40 hectares of mallee woodland and wandoo forest.

Kingstripe was convicted in Moora Magistrates Court for clearing its farming properties in Waddington and Walebing for cropping throughout 2016-17, without seeking the necessary government approvals.

The cleared land was "potentially a significant feeding and breeding habitat" for the endangered Carnaby's black cockatoo. Credit:Keith Lightbody

It was ordered to revegetate all 40 hectares and also made to pay $328.70 in costs.

The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation discovered the clearing through the satellite imagery employed to monitor land use in WA.