Bird Identification: Please help id this bird in Phoenix AZ, 1 by gremlinblue

gremlinblue wrote:
My friend found this bird in her back yard. It could not fly, so she brought it to me. Sadly, it did not survive whatever happened to it (I think it was attacked by a hawk).

I would like to know what kind of bird it was, if possible.

It's feathers were a quite roughed up, and it appears that it's beak was damaged. I fed it meal worms, which it seemed to enjoy. It had a hard time keeping hold of them, though. About halfway down it's beak, the meal worms would drop out. The poor thing was so skinny, that I'm sure it died of starvation - it was just too late by the time it was brought to me.

It's feathers are black edged with brown, and it has white ticking on its back feathers. There are white heart shaped spots on it's breast and belly. In these pictures, it is panting - after all, the temps here are well over 100 degrees farenheit right now. I never heard it make any sounds at all. And it never attempted to fly. He is about the size of a brown thrasher - slightly larger than a mockingbird.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.