diff --git a/ccdb/species/factories.py b/ccdb/species/factories.py
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+++ b/ccdb/species/factories.py
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+from factory import DjangoModelFactory, Sequence
+from factory.fuzzy import FuzzyText, FuzzyChoice
+
+from .models import Species
+
+
+class SpeciesFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Species
+
+    common_name = Sequence(lambda n: 'species{}'.format(n))
+    genus = FuzzyText(length=50)
+    species = FuzzyText(length=50)
+    parasite = FuzzyChoice(choices=[True, False])
+    sort_order = Sequence(lambda n: n)
diff --git a/ccdb/species/migrations/0004_DATA_initial.py b/ccdb/species/migrations/0004_DATA_initial.py
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+++ b/ccdb/species/migrations/0004_DATA_initial.py
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+from django.db import migrations
+from django.forms import modelform_factory
+
+from ccdb.utils.data import get_data_sources
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    def migrate(apps, schema_editor):
+        sources = get_data_sources()
+        if not sources:
+            return
+
+        c = sources['db0']
+
+        Species = apps.get_model('species', 'Species')
+
+        Species.objects.all().delete()
+
+        SpeciesForm = modelform_factory(Species, fields='__all__')
+
+        for r in c.execute('SELECT * FROM tbl_lu_species;'):
+            form = SpeciesForm(dict(common_name=r[1], genus=r[2],
+                                    species=r[3], parasite=r[4],
+                                    sort_order=int(r[5]) if r[5] else None))
+            if form.is_valid():
+                Species.objects.create(id=r[0], **form.cleaned_data)
+            else:
+                print('species', r[0:], form.errors.as_data())
+
+    def rollback(apps, schema_editor):
+        Species = apps.get_model('species', 'Species')
+        Species.objects.all().delete()
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('species', '0003_collectionspecies'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(migrate, rollback),
+    ]
diff --git a/ccdb/species/tests/__init__.py b/ccdb/species/tests/__init__.py
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diff --git a/ccdb/species/tests/test_models.py b/ccdb/species/tests/test_models.py
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+++ b/ccdb/species/tests/test_models.py
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+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.db import IntegrityError, transaction
+
+from ..models import Species
+from ..factories import SpeciesFactory
+
+
+class SpeciesTestCase(TestCase):
+    def test_creation(self):
+        s = SpeciesFactory()
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(s, Species))
+        self.assertEqual(s.__str__(), s.common_name)
+
+    def test_uniqueness(self):
+        s1 = SpeciesFactory()
+        with transaction.atomic(), self.assertRaises(IntegrityError):
+            SpeciesFactory(common_name=s1.common_name, species=s1.species)
+        s3 = SpeciesFactory()
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(s3, Species))