Both its common and specific names commemorate Major Harold Wesley Hall, an Australian-born philanthropist who sponsored the British Museum's series of Harold Hall Australian Expeditions, which took place during the 1960s, and in the course of which the new babbler species was discovered.
The Hall Babbler is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
Nothing known about the Hall Babbler